Problem Solving Using Mass
Answer these questions in your book or on a piece of paper.
1. The average gold mine in South Africa produces 3 100 tons of gold a year. A ton
is 1 000kg. How many kilograms of gold does the average South African gold
mine produce?
2. It takes 540 peanuts to make 340g of peanut butter.
How many peanuts would it take to make 5.1kg of peanut butter?
3. The average newborn baby weighs between 2 500g and 4 000g. If Tshepiso
was born weighing 2 597g and Thandeka was born weighing 4 128g, what is
the difference between Tshepiso and Thandeka’s weight?
4. The average tree weighs 4 tons (4 000kg). If each piece of wood from the tree
weighs an average of 250g, how many pieces of wood can be chopped from one
tree on average?
5. One loaf of bread needs 756g of flour. If the bread factory makes 4 589 loaves
of bread in one day, how much flour do they need in 1 week? Give your answer
in grams, and then convert it to kilograms.
6. A company makes brownies. Each set of 12 brownies needs 672g of sugar.
How much sugar does one brownie use?
7. A female elephant weighs 3 465kg on average. When an elephant calf is born,
it weighs 113kg. How much more does the female elephant weigh?
8. A male elephant weighs 5 221kg on average and a female
elephant weighs 3 465kg on average. How much more does
a male elephant weigh?
9. If a female and male elephant stepped on to
a scale together, how much would
the scale show?
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Problem Solving Using Mass - Memo
1. The average gold mine in South Africa produces 4. The average tree weighs 4 tons (4 000kg). If
3 100 tons of gold a year. A ton is 1 000kg. How each piece of wood from the tree weighs an
many kilograms of gold does the average South average of 250g, how many pieces of wood can
African gold mine produce? be chopped from one tree on average?
3 100 x 1 000 = 3 100 000 kg 16
250 4000
2. It takes 540 peanuts to make 340g of peanut - 250
butter. How many peanuts would it take to make 1500
5.1kg of peanut butter? - 1500
5.1 kg = 5 100g 0
15 5. One loaf of bread needs 756g of flour. If the
340 5100 bread factory makes 4 589 loaves of bread
- 340 in one day, how much flour do they need in 1
1700 week? Give your answer in grams, and then
- 1700 convert it to kilograms.
0 4 6 6
2 4 4
There 15 jars of 340g in 5.1kg.
3 5 5
So we have 15 x 540 4589
= 10 x 540 + 5 x 540 x 756
= 5 400 + 2 700 27534
= 5 000 + 400 + 2 000 + 700 229450
= 7 000 + 1 100 +3212300
= 8 100 peanuts 3 4 6 9 2 8 4g of flour per day
You would need 8 100 peanuts to make 5.1kg
of peanut butter. 3469284
x 7
3. The average newborn baby weighs between 2 2 4 2 8 4 9 8 8g of flour per week
500g and 4 000g. If Tshepiso was born weighing
2 597g and Thandeka was born weighing 4 Converting to kg by dividing by 1 000 gives us:
128g, what is the difference between Tshepiso 24 284,988kg ≈ 24 285kg of flour per week.
and Thandeka’s weight?
6. A company makes brownies. Each set of 12
4 128g – 2 597g brownies needs 672g of sugar. How much sugar
does one brownie use?
3 10 1
4128 56
- 2597 12 6 7 2
1531 - 60
72
- 72
0
Each brownie has 56g of sugar.
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7. A female elephant weighs on average 3 465kg. When an elephant calf is born it weighs 113kg. How much
more does the female elephant weigh?
3465
- 113
3 3 5 2kg more.
8. A male elephant weighs 5 221kg on average and a female elephant weighs 3 465kg on average. How
much more does a male elephant weigh?
4 11 11
5 2 2 11
- 3465
1756
9. If a female and male elephant stepped on to a scale together, how much would the scale show?
5221
+ 3465
8686
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