Question

Sand Hill Crane Elementary is
collecting food to donate. Their goal
is 2 tons of food so far they have
collected 2,798 pounds of food.
How many more pounds of food do
they need to collect?

Answer 1

The pounds of food that Sand Hill Crane Elementary  needs to collect more in order to reach their goal is 1202 pounds.

How many more pounds needs to be collected?

The first step is to convert tons to pounds.

1 ton = 2000 pounds

2 tons x 2000 = 4000 pounds.

The second step is to subtract the pounds of food collected so far from the goal.

4000 - 2798 = 1202 pounds.

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