SOLUTION: Mario had 60kg of rice. He packed them into 4 small packs in the ratio of 1:2:3:4. What is the total weight of the smallest and the biggest packs?

Question 1015375: Mario had 60kg of rice. He packed them into 4 small packs in the ratio of 1:2:3:4. What is the total weight of the smallest and the biggest packs?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
The ratio is 1:2:3:4
.
Add the number of parts: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 =10
.
The first packet has 1 part of 10 (1/10),
the second has 2 of 10 (2/10),
the third has 3 of 10 (3/10),
the fourth has 4 of 10 (4/10).
.
The smallest has (1/10)(60kg)=6kg
The largest has (4/10)(60kg)=24kg
.
The total of both is 6kg+24kg=30kg.
.
ANSWER: The total weight of the smallest and largest packs is 30 kg.
.

RELATED QUESTIONS
The ratio of the amount of rice Max has to the amount of rice Victor has rice to the... (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)

the weight of two rice bags is 152 2/5kg.if the weight of 1 rice bag is 62 2/3kgs what is (answered by fractalier)

Hi Edmund bought some packs of cookies. A small pack costs $4, a medium pack costs $6... (answered by greenestamps)

Sam packed 42 kg of rice into one big bag and 6 small ones which were of the same size.... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The total weight of a packet is 1/2 kg more than 4/5 of its weight. What is the total... (answered by josgarithmetic,MathLover1)

A drum full of rice weight 241/ 6 if the empty drum weight 55/4 kg find the weigh of rice (answered by Theo)

It took a company 3 hours to pack 375 meals and 9 hours to pack 1125 meals. Let, h be... (answered by Alan3354)

Leon bought some apples. He gave 15 of the apples to his friends and threw away 1/4 of... (answered by greenestamps)

Two kinds of rice costing $6/kg and $10/kg respectively are mixed in a ratio 3:2 by... (answered by TimothyLamb)