SEAMO 2016 — Paper C — Grade 5–6 Question 20

Question 20

A shop has $200$ kg of oatmeal. On day one it sells half, day two one third of the remainder, day three one quarter, and so on through day $199$, when it sells $1/200$ of the remainder. How many kilograms remain?

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$1$
$2$
$3$
$4$
None of the above