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title: "Kilograms and Grams"
description: "Math story: All together, the flour weighs 10 kilograms. 6 sacks weigh 1 kg 500 g each. How many kilograms in all?"
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# Kilograms and Grams

Math story 75 · Word problems · Grade 4 · 0:36

## Read the story

Mom Owl buys 4 bags of flour. Each one weighs 2 kilograms 500 grams.

4 times 2 kilograms is 8 kilograms. 4 times 500 grams is 2 kilograms.

All together, the flour weighs 10 kilograms.

**6 sacks weigh 1 kg 500 g each. How many kilograms in all?**

## Answer and working

Correct! 6 kilograms plus 3 kilograms. That's 9 kilograms.

`6 + 3 = 9`