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Colleen bought 8 kilograms of apples and 2.5 kilograms of pears. How many more grams of apples than pears did she buy?

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The answer is 5.5 kilograms more apples than pears. 5.5 kg = 5500 grams. To find the answer, I subtracted the amount of pears from the amount of apples, then converted that measurement into grams. Colleen bought 5.5 kilograms or 5500 grams of apples more than pears. Does this help? 
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She bought 5.5 of apples
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