Question

What is the total weight in grams of $2$ pieces of pumpkin, each weighing $250$ grams?

Answer 1

Hint: In this question, we have to find the weight of 2 pumpkins. The weight of 1 pumpkin is given in the question which is $250$ grams. So, we will use the unitary method and operation of multiplication to find the weight of 2 pumpkins.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The weight of 1 pumpkin is $250$ grams.
In this question, we have the weight of a pumpkin, that is, a pumpkin weighs 250 grams. And we have been asked to find the weight of 2 pumpkins. To solve this question, we should know the concept of the unitary method, which is a technique for solving a problem by first finding the value of a single unit and then multiplying it with n to get the value of n units. So, to find the weight of 2 pumpkins, we will multiply the weight of 1 pumpkin by 2. And after that we will get the desired answer. So, we can write it as,
Weight of 2 pumpkins $= 2 \times (250) $
$= 500$ grams
Therefore, the weight of 2 pumpkins is 500 grams. So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note: We can also solve this question with another method, we can add the weight of 1 piece of pumpkin 2 times to find the weight of 2 pumpkin pieces.
$ = 250 + 250$
$ = 500$ grams
If we need the answer in kilograms then, we can convert $500$ grams in kilograms. $1$ kilogram is equal to $1000$ grams. So, to convert grams into kilograms we will divide it by $1000$.