P6 / Nanyang / 2020 / SA2 Prelims / Paper 2 – Q12 [4 marks]

Question:

Edwina and Georgia had the same number of bottles. Edwina and Georgia each had a mix of big bottles and small bottles. Edwina had 5 small bottles while Georgia had 16 big bottles. Each small bottle had a capacity of 400 ml. Each big bottle had a capacity of 0.6 L. The total capacity of Edwina’s bottles was 0.8 L more than the total capacity of Georgia’s bottles.
(a) How many big bottles did Edwina have?
(b) What was the total capacity of Edwina’s bottles?

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