Question

jaya went to buy 5kg of salt.she got two 3 /4kg packet of salt.the rest of the salt she bought in1 /2kg packed. how many 1 /2kg packed did she buy?

Answer 1

1. he purchased 2 (3/4)kg packets and remaining (1/2)kg packets
2. from this we can write equation as 5=2(3/4)+x(1/2)
3. from this we get x as 7 i.e, he purchased 7 (1/2)kg packets.