SOLUTION: A bag containing sugar weighs 300 g. Find the least number of such bags which together weigh a whole number of kg.

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Question 639943: A bag containing sugar weighs 300 g. Find the least number of such bags which together weigh a whole number of kg.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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A bag containing sugar weighs 300 g. Find the least number of such bags which
together weigh a whole number of kg.
1 kg = 1000 g.  Therefore we need first the Least common multiple of 300 g and
1000 g which is 3000 g.  That's the smallest whole number that both 300 and
1000 will both divide evenly into.

3000g is 10 300g bags which is 3 kg.

Answer: 10 bags.

Edwin