500 g of meat, 850 g of fish and 900 g of eggs Total grams =500g+850g+900g=2250g Kilo means 1000, hence divide the grams by 1000 to obtain the kilograms. 2250g=
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1000
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⋅0=2.25kg Note 1. Every whole number has .0 at the end which is not written. 2250=2250.0 2. When dividing by 1n number of zeros, the result is the movement of the decimal point to the left n times. 1000 has 3 zeros, hence the decimal point in 2250.0 is moved to the left three times.