Question

For his hiking club, Trinity is making a container of trail mix with 3.5 kg of nuts. He has 1.78 kg of Peanuts and 0.625 kg 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

There will be 1.095kg of cashews.

Explanation:

Peanut = 1.78kg

Almonds = 0.625kg

If the total mass of the nuts should be 3.5kg then the cashew will be,

Cashew = 3.5 - 1.78 - 0.625

= 1.095 kg

There will be 1.095kg of cashews.

Answer 2

There will be 1.095kg of cashews.

Explanation:

Peanut = 1.78kg

Almonds = 0.625kg

If the total mass of the nuts should be 3.5kg then the cashew will be,

Cashew = 3.5 - 1.78 - 0.625

= 1.095 kg

There will be 1.095kg of cashews.