Question

In 2010 , the world's largest pumpkin weighed 1,210 kilograms. An average-sized pumpkin weighs 5,000grams.The 2010 world-record pumpkin weighs ________ kilograms more than an average-sized pumpkin. (Write your answer as a numeral.)The solution is _____________

Answer 1

The world's largest pumpkin weighed:

`W_{\text{Big}}=1,810Kg`

While an average-sized is:

`W_{\text{avarage}}=5,000g`

First, we must have both in the same unit of measurement. But we already know that 1kg = 1,000g. For this reason, we can rewrite:

To know how much the big pumpkin weighs more than the averaged-sized, we just need to subtract the averaged-sized from the Big pumpking weigh.

The 2010 world-record pumpkin weighs 1,805 kilograms more than an average-sized pumpkin.

The solution is:

1805 kg