Number, NAPX-H4-NC19 SA

Question

Luigi packs boxes with different types of pasta. He packs one box at a time.

Each box contains 5 packets of spaghetti, 2 packets of fettucini and 1 packet of penne pasta.

Every hour Luigi packs 400 packets of pasta in total.

How many packets of spaghetti does he pack into boxes in one hour.

Worked Solution

Strategy 1

Boxes packed each hour
= 400 ÷ 8
= 50

∴\therefore Packets of spaghetti
= 5 × 50
= {{{correctAnswer0}}}

Strategy 2

Fraction of spaghetti in each box

= 58\dfrac{5}{8}


∴\therefore Packets of spaghetti
= 58\dfrac{5}{8} × 400
= {{{correctAnswer0}}}

Variant 0

DifficultyLevel

589

Question

Luigi packs boxes with different types of pasta. He packs one box at a time.

Each box contains 5 packets of spaghetti, 2 packets of fettucini and 1 packet of penne pasta.

Every hour Luigi packs 400 packets of pasta in total.

How many packets of spaghetti does he pack into boxes in one hour.

Worked Solution

Strategy 1

Boxes packed each hour
= 400 ÷ 8
= 50

∴\therefore Packets of spaghetti
= 5 × 50
= 250

Strategy 2

Fraction of spaghetti in each box

= 58\dfrac{5}{8}


∴\therefore Packets of spaghetti
= 58\dfrac{5}{8} × 400
= 250

Question Type

Answer Box

Variables

Variable nameVariable value
correctAnswer0
250
prefix0
suffix0

Answers

Specify one or more 'ANSWER' block(s) as exampled below.
Note: correctAnswer is required, the rest are optional. ("correctAnswer" is what the student would need to type in to the box to get the answer correct.)

For example:
correctAnswer: 123.40

And optionally, specify the following, but only if you need something different to the defaults: 'width' defaults to 5 if not present, and valid values are 3 to 10; 'prefix' and 'suffix' default to nothing if not present.
prefix: $
suffix: mm$^2$
width: 5

correctAnswerNcorrectAnswerValueAnswer
correctAnswer0250

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