A bag of flour is divided into 8 portions of 2 kilograms each. How much flour (in kilograms) was in three bags in total, before it was divided into portions?
A bag of flour has 8 x 2 = 
<gadget id="calculator">8*2</gadget>
<output>16</output>
16 kilograms.
So, there are 16 x 3 = 
<gadget id="calculator">16*3</gadget>
<output>48</output>
48 kilograms of flour in 3 bags.

<result>48</result>