You have got 1000. You went to the market to buy fish. You purchased ½ kg fresh fish, 1½ kg dry fish, 1kg king fish and 2kgs Sardine.
a) Prepare a bill for your expenditures.
b) Calculate the amount left with you.
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Answer:
(1) At what price per kg did Fazila sell the kingfish?
Sol (1) Price of 8kg kingfish=Rs.1200
Price of 1kg kingfish=Rs. (1200/8)
= Rs. 150
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(2) Floramma has sold 10kg prawns today. How much money did she get for that?
Sol. (2) Price of 1kg prawns= Rs. 150
Price of 10kg prawns=Rs. (10 150)
=Rs. 1500
(3) Gracy sold 6 kg sword fish. Mini has earned as much money as Gracy. How many kg of sardines did Mini sell?
Sol. (3) Cost of 1 kg swordfish= Rs. 60
Gracy earned on selling 6 kg swordfish=Rs. (660) = Rs. 360
Earning of mini = Rs. 360
Cost of Sadines=Rs. 40 per kg
Quantity of sardines sold for Rs. 360= (360/40) kg= 9kg
(4) Basher has Rs.100. He spends one-fourth of the money on squid and another three-fourth on prawns.
(a) How many kilograms of squid did he buy?
(b) How many kilograms of prawns did he buy?
Sol. We have,
One-fourth of Rs.100 =Rs. (100/4) =Rs.25
Three-fourth of Rs.100= Rs. (100/4) 3 = Rs. (253) = Rs.75
(a) Cost of Squid= Rs. 50 per kg.
For Rs. 25, quantity of squid brought= half kg
[Half of Rs. 50 is Rs. 50]
(b) Cost of prawns= Rs. 150 per kg
For Rs. 75, quantity of prawns brought= half kg
[Half of Rs. 150 is Rs. 150]
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