Sheldon also picks tomatoes from his garden. He picked 4 4/10 but 1.5 were rotten and had to be thrown away. How many kilograms
1 answer:
Given:
Number of tomatoes Sheldon picks = kg
Rotten tomatoes = 1.5 kg
To find:
How many kilograms of tomatoes were not rotten?
Solution:
Number of tomatoes Sheldon picks = kg
= kg
= kg
= kg
= kg
Rotten tomatoes = 1.5 kg
Remaining tomatoes which are not rotten is
Required tomatoes = Tomatoes Sheldon picks - Rotten tomatoes
=
= kg
Therefore, the tomatoes which were not rotten is 2.9 kg.
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