For his hiking club, Ricardo is making a container of trail mix with 3.5 kilograms of nuts. He has 1.78 kilograms of almonds. The rest of the nuts will be cashews. How many kilograms of cashews does he need? Use estimation to check your answer for reasonableness.

1.72 kilograms

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, Ricardo is making a container of trail mix with 3.5 kilograms of nuts and he has 1.78 kilograms of almonds while the remaining of the nuts will be cashews.

To get the kilograms of cashews nuts that are needed, we subtract the kilograms of almonds from the total container. This will be:

= 3.5 kg - 1.78 kg

= 1. 72 kg

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