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At what price per kg did Fazila sell the kingfish?
Solution:-
Fazila could hardly carry the big kingfish, and she said that the fish weighed 8 kg. So, she would sell the whole for ₹ 1200.
Then, the price of the kingfish for one kg = 1200/8
= ₹ 150 per kg
Floramma has sold 10 kg prawns today. How much money did she get for that?
Solution:-
Floramma sold prawns for ₹ 150 a kg.
Given, Floramma has sold 10 kg prawns today.
So, the total amount she got = 150 × 10
= ₹ 1500
Gracy sold 6 kg swordfish. Mini has earned as much money as Gracy. How many kg of sardines did Mini sell?
Solution:-
Given, Gracy sold 6 kg swordfish.
Then the price of one kg of swordfish = ₹ 60
Total money earned by Gracy = 6 × 60
= ₹ 360
Mini sold sardines at ₹ 40 per kg.
Total weight of sardines sold by Mini = 360/40
= 9 kg
Basheer 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?
Solution:-
Given, Basheer has ₹ 100.
He spends one-fourth of the money on squid = ¼ × 100
= ₹ 25
Karuthamma sold squid for Rs 50 a kg.
Basheer bought = 25/50 kg
= ½ kg of squid
b. How many kilograms of prawns did he buy?
Solution:-
Given, Basheer has ₹ 100.
He spent another three-fourth on prawns = ₹ 75
Floramma sold prawns for Rs 150 a kg.
Basheer bought = 75/150
= ½ kg of prawns