Question

Medicine is packed in boxes, each weighing 4 kg 500g. How many such boxes can be loaded in a van which cannot carry beyond 800 kg?

Answer 1

$\text{The weight of one box = 4 kg 500 g}$
$\text{\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = 4*1000 g + 500 g = 4500 g}$


$\text{Maximum load can be loaded in van = 800 kg}$
$\text{\: \: \:\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \:\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = 800*1000 g = 800000 g}$


$\text{Number of boxes}$$= 800000 ÷ 4500$



$\textbf{Therefore, 177 boxes can be loaded.}$

Answer 2

Answer:

The number of boxes that a van of 800 kg can hold is 177 boxes.

To find:  

The number of boxes that a van hold which cannot carry more than 800 kg.

Solution:

Weight of each box of medicine = 4 kg 500 g = 4000 g + 500 g = 4500 g.

Weight that the van can carry = 800 kg = 800 x 1000 g = 800000 g  

∴ No. of boxes that the van carry  

Here, Quotient = 177                

[Remainder being 3500.]

Thus, the van can carry 177 boxes (approx.)