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)

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Responses

$500
$500

$400
$400

$300
$300

$350

Answer 1

To find out how much the food pantry needs to buy, we first calculate how many cans of tomatoes they still need after receiving the donations.

1. Total cans needed: 1,021 cans
2. Cans received from donations: 689 cans

Now, subtract the donated cans from the total needed:

\[ 1,021 - 689 = 332 \]

The food pantry needs to buy 332 cans of tomatoes.

Next, we can multiply the number of cans they need to buy by the price per can to find the total cost:

3. Price per can: $0.95

Now calculate the total cost:

\[ 332 \times 0.95 = 315.4 \]

So the food pantry will spend approximately $315.40.

Looking at the response options:

• $500
• $400
• $300
• $350

The closest option is $300.