SOLUTION: Sam packed 42 kg of rice into one big bag and 6 small ones which were of the same size. The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice. How many kilograms of the rice did the big b

Question 1107046: Sam packed 42 kg of rice into one big bag and 6 small ones which were of the same size. The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice. How many kilograms of the rice did the big bang contain?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Small bag contains 4.2 kilograms rice. This directly follows from "The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice." and from "Sam packed 42 kg of rice".

x, amount of rice in one big bag

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