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Mini – “Come here! Come here! Take sardines at Rs. 40 a kg.”
Gracy – “Never so cheap! Get sword – fish for Rs. 60 a kg.”
Floramma sells Prawns for Rs. 150 a kg
Karuthamma sells Squids for Rs. 50 a kg
Look, Fazila can hardly carry this big Kingfish! She says, “This fish weighs 8 kg. I will sell the whole fish for Rs. 1200.
- At what price per kg did Fazila sell the Kingfish?
Ans : Price of 8 kg of Kingfish = Rs. 1200
Price of 1kg kingfish 
= 150
Price of 1 kg of Kingfish is Rs. 150.
- Floramma has sold 10 kg prawns today. How much money did she get for that?
Ans : Price of 1 kg prawns = Rs. 150
Price of 10 kg prawns = 150 x 10
= 1500
Floramma got Rs. 1500 for selling prawns.
- Gracy sold 6 kg sword fish. Mini has earned as much money as Gracy. How many kg of sardines did Mini sell?
Ans : Price of 1 kg sword fish = Rs. 60
Price of 6 kg sword fish = 60 x 6
= Rs. 360
Gracy earned Rs. 360 selling 6 kg of sword fish.
Price of 1 kg Sardines = Rs. 40
Mini earned the same as Gracy = Rs. 360
Total kg of sardines sold 
= 9 kg
Mini sold 9 kg of sardines.
- Basheer has Rs. 100. He spends one fourth of the money on squids and another three fourth on prawns.
(a) How many kilograms of squids did he buy?
