Question

A food pantry needs 1,021 cans of tomatoes. A local school collected donations and gave the food pantry 689 cans of tomatoes. The food pantry will need to buy the rest. If they can buy the cans for $0.95 each, approximately how much money will they spend?(1 point) Responses $500 $500 $350 $350 $400 $400 $300

Answer 1

First, we need to calculate how many more cans of tomatoes the food pantry needs after receiving 689 cans from the local school.

Subtract the number of cans received from the total needed:

1,021 cans (needed) - 689 cans (received) = 332 cans (still needed).

Next, we calculate how much it will cost to buy the remaining 332 cans at $0.95 each:

332 cans × $0.95/can = $315.40.

Since the options provided are approximate amounts, the closest option to $315.40 is $300.

Therefore, the food pantry will spend approximately $300.