Question

For his hiking club, Ricardo is making a container of trail mix with 3.5 kilograms of nuts. He has 1.78 kilograms of peanuts and 0.625 kilograms of almonds. The rest of the nuts will be cashews. How many kilograms of cashews does he need? Use estimation to check your answer for reasonableness.

Answer 1

About 1.09 kilograms of cashews.

Explanation:

You would add the peanuts and almonds together and subtract by the total.