ACTI 4 You may have noticed that many food packages use the word ‘net’ when deseribing the mass of their contents. the mass of contents nor including the mass of the container Gross mass is the mass of the contents and the container. The jam weighs 550 g The net mass is 650 g ‘The jam and the jar and lid together weigh 800 g. The gross mass is 800 g. The weight of the jar and lid is 800 g — 550 g = 250 g. What to do: 1. Collect some food items which are packed in cardboard, plastic, or glass. Find the net weight stated on each container, % Weigh cach item, and record the gross mass. 3 Use 1 and 2 to find the mass of each of the containers, Record your observations in a table like this. Hem ‘Net mass | Gross mass | Mass of container ‘4 Discuss why food packages have net masses printed on them.