Question

Sarah bought a 5kg bag of cherries at the market and ate 175g of them on the way home how many grams of cherries did Sarah have left by the time she got home

Answer 1

4825 g. 5•1000=5000-175g=4825g left

Answer 2

1Kg=1000g
    5Kg into grams=5×1000
                              =5000g
Number of remaining cherries in  grams=5000-175
                                                                   =4825g