A trader has eight bags each containing 9kg of sugar. If he wants to put the sugar into new bags each containing 6kg. How many of the new bags will be required

Answer 1

If each bag contains 9kg of sugar and the trader wants to put the sugar into bags containing 6kg, this means that each new bag will contain 9/6 = <<9/6=1.5>>1.5 bags
Since the trader has eight bags each containing 9kg of sugar, a total of 8*1.5 = <<8*1.5=12>>12 new bags will be required. Answer: \boxed{12}.