document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #722046 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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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\".\r
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