SOLUTION: Katrina needs 3/5 kilogram of flour for a recipe.  Her  mother has 3/7 kilogram in her pantry.  Is this  enough flour to make the recipe  If not, how much more will she need? 

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Question 830503: Katrina needs 3/5 kilogram of flour for a recipe.  Her  mother has 3/7 kilogram in her pantry.  Is this 
enough flour to make the recipe  If not, how much more will she need? 

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not enough.

more kilograms needed.

, about 171 grams.

The bigger denominator is the with the smaller number for a given numerator.

Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Katrina needs 3/5 kilogram of flour for a recipe.  Her  mother has 3/7 kilogram in her pantry.  Is this 
enough flour to make the recipe  If not, how much more will she need?

Amount of flour needed: kg = = kg ------- Multiplying by common denominator, 35 
Amount of flour she has: kg = = kg ------- Multiplying by common denominator, 35 
As seen, she doesn't have enough flour.
She'll need , or kg more.
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