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Question
Take a small plastic packet.
Put it in one pan of the balance. Put the soap in the other pan. Slowly add sand to the packet till the pans are balanced.
Close the packet with a rubber band or string. Now stick a strip of paper and write ‘ g’ on it.
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Solution
100 g is written on the packet.
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