Question

Jerry bought 6.95 pounds of cherry and lime jelly beans dor his birthday party. If 1.75 pounds were cheery, how many pounds were lime flavor?

Answer 1

So you have 6.95 pounds and 1.75 pounds of it is cherry. 

To find how many pounds you have of lime just subtract the amount of cherry.

6.95-1.75= 5.2 pounds of lime jelly beans