Question

Bonita bought 2 1/5 kg of potatoes and 1 1/2 kg of carrots. how much more potatoes than carrots did she buy???

Answer 1

suppose I told you i bought 2 pounds of sugar and 1 pound of salt, how much more sugar than salt did I buy?

Answer 2

one pound more???

Answer 3

how did you arrive at that answer?

Answer 4

i subtracted two from one

Answer 5

actually, you subtracted one from two. But good, so all you need to do now is subtract 1 1/2 kgs from 2 1/5kgs and you have your answer.

Answer 6

thank you
i dont know what i would do without your help
(cause my mom sucks at math)

Answer 7

you are welcome. Whenever you see a math problem, try to simplify it in terms you can easily visualize.

Answer 8

kk