Question

Mixed up decimal On Monday Deirdre picked 7.85 pounds of squash from her garden on Tuesday’s she picked 4.63 pounds of squash from her garden if Deirdre then used 5.27 pounds of squash to make soup how many pounds does she have left

Answer 1

The amount of squash she picked on Monday is

`=7.85`

The amount of squash she picked on Tuesday is

`=4.63`

The amount she used to make soup is

`=5.27`

Concept:

To calculate the amount of squash left, we will add the amount of squash she picked and then substract the amount she used from it

Step 1:

The amount she picked will be

`\begin{gathered} =7.85+4.63 \\ =12.48 \end{gathered}`

Step 2:

The amount left will be calculated using the formula below

`\text{amount}=\text{amount picked - amount used}`

By substituting the values, we will have

`\begin{gathered} \text{amount left}=\text{amount picked - amount used} \\ \text{amount left}=12.48-5.27 \\ \text{amount left}=7.21 \end{gathered}`

Hence,

The amount left = 7.21 pounds