Question

a) A farmer has 4 donkeys. The donkey cart weighs 45kg. The farmer loads 19 sacks of 6 kg mealies each on the donkey cart. What is the total weight that the donkeys must pull?
b) the farmer puts out a bale of 35 kg fodder every day during the winter. What is the total weight for a week?

Answer 1

a) To find the total weight that the donkeys must pull, we first need to calculate the weight of the loaded cart.

1. The weight of the donkey cart: 45 kg
2. The weight of the mealies:
- Each sack weighs 6 kg.
- There are 19 sacks.
- Total weight of mealies = 19 sacks × 6 kg/sack = 114 kg.

Now, add the weight of the cart and the mealies together:

\[
\text{Total weight} = \text{weight of cart} + \text{weight of mealies} = 45 \, \text{kg} + 114 \, \text{kg} = 159 \, \text{kg}
\]

So, the total weight that the donkeys must pull is **159 kg**.

b) To find the total weight of fodder for a week, we need to calculate the daily weight and then multiply that by the number of days in a week.

1. The daily weight of the bale of fodder: 35 kg
2. There are 7 days in a week.

Now calculate the total weight for the week:

\[
\text{Total weight for a week} = \text{daily weight} \times 7 \, \text{days} = 35 \, \text{kg} \times 7 = 245 \, \text{kg}
\]

So, the total weight of fodder for a week is **245 kg**.