Question

The students of Class XII are going on a trek to Gangotri. They have to pack their bags for six days and keep them light. They also have to take things that do not take too much space. So they will look for things that have both less volume and less weight. After all, they will carry their own bags while climbing the mountains!

They even dry the onions and tomatoes to make them light. One kg of onions or tomatoes becomes 100 g when the water inside dries up.

The list of food each person will need for one day:

Rice	100 g
Flour (Atta)	100 g
Pulses (Dal)	`1/3` the weight of rice and flour
Oil	50 g
Sugar	50 g
Milk powder	40 g (for tea, porridge, and hot drink)
Tea	Around 10 g
Dalia	40 g for breakfast
Salt	5 g
Dried onions	10 g
Dried tomatoes	10 g

 

For 6 days, each person will need

• Rice and flour − __________ g
• Pulses − _________ g
• Dried onions − _________ g

Answer 1

• Rice and flour - 1200 g
  Flour required per person per day = 100 g
  Total rice and flour required for each person for a single day = 200 g
  Thus, for days, rice and flour required per person  200 g x 6 = 1200 g
• Pulses - 400 g
  Pulses required per person per day = 1/3 rd weight of rice and flour
  pulses required per person for day = 1200 g x 1/3 = 400 g
• Dried onions - 60 g
  Dried onions required per person per day = 10 g
  For 6 days, dried onions required per person = 6 x 10 g = 60 g