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A boy has 2.5 kg of rice, and a girl has 4.5 kg of rice. How many kilograms more is the girl's rice than the boy's?

easy 1 mark Class 4 · Mathematics · How Heavy How Light
Answer
2.0 kg

The correct answer is 2.0 kg — Thus the girl has 2.0 kg more rice.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Subtract the boy's weight from the girl's weight: .
  2. The result is the amount of weight difference.
  3. Thus the girl has 2.0 kg more rice.
Common mistake: Using wrong order of subtraction, giving negative result

Concept tested: Find weight difference

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