A bookbag has 3 items in it. A pencil with a mass of 6 grams, a book with a mass of 2.014 kilograms and a calculator with a mass of 226 grams. What is the total mass in KILOGRAMS of the bookbag's contents? Thank you.

Question

A bookbag has 3 items in it.  A pencil with a mass of 6 grams, a book with a mass of 2.014 kilograms and a calculator with a mass of 226 grams.  What is the total mass in KILOGRAMS of the bookbag's contents?  Thank you.

anonymous · Answer

For this problem you should convert to kilograms to start with:
There are 1000 grams in a kilogram
Pencil = 6 grams = 0.006 kg
book = 2.014 kg
calc = 226 grams = 0.226kg
Then just add up the results to get 2.246kg

anonymous · Answer

Oh...o.k.  I appreciate your help.