Question

Ms. Petrova was making a green bean casserole. Her recipe called for 2 cans of the 432gram size of green beans. She plans to triple the recipe for a holiday gathering. Approximately how many kilograms of green beans does Ms. Petrova need?
a. 1.3
b. 2.6
c. 13
d. 26

Answer 1

one can is 432 grams
normal recipe calls for 2 cans
triple recipe calls for 2 cans times 3 = 6 cans

\[6 ~\text{cans} = 6\times 1~\text{can}\]
\[= 6\times 432~\text{grams}\]\[=2592 \text{g}\]\[=2.592~ \text{kg}\]\[\approx 2.6 ~\text{kg} \]