Question

Sheldon also picks tomatoes from his garden. He picked 4 4/10 but 1.5 were rotten and had to be thrown away. How many kilograms of tomatoes were not rotten? Write an equation that shows how you reached your answer.

Answer 1

Given:

Number of tomatoes Sheldon picks =
`4(4)/(10)` kg

Rotten tomatoes = 1.5 kg

To find:

How many kilograms of tomatoes were not rotten?

Solution:

Number of tomatoes Sheldon picks =
`4(4)/(10)` kg

=
`(4(10)+4)/(10)` kg

=
`(40+4)/(10)` kg

=
`(44)/(10)` kg

=
`4.4` kg

Rotten tomatoes = 1.5 kg

Remaining tomatoes which are not rotten is

Required tomatoes = Tomatoes Sheldon picks - Rotten tomatoes

=
`4.4-1.5`

=
`2.9` kg

Therefore, the tomatoes which were not rotten is 2.9 kg.