Question

You get oil in packets of 2 litres in market. How many such packets would have to be bought to have a total of 10 litres of oil?
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Answer 1

=2x5

=10

So we will need 5 oil packets to get 10 litres of oil.

Answer 2

given: 2 litres of oil packets

to find: How many packets are needed to have a total of 10 litres of oil.

solution: we can solve this problem by simply dividing the total litre of oil by the minimum litres of oil in a single packet

10/2= 5

so, the amount of packets needed to have a total of 10 litres of oil is 5 packets.