Marri bought 1/2
pound licorice, 1/3
pound of candy worms, and 2/5
pound of jawbreakers. how many more pounds of licorice than jawbreakers did she buy?(1 point)
Responses
3/4
pound
9/10
pound
1/10
pound
2/5
To find the difference between the pounds of licorice and jawbreakers, we need to subtract the pounds of jawbreakers from the pounds of licorice.
The pound of licorice is 1/2,
The pound of jawbreakers is 2/5.
To find the difference, we subtract 2/5 from 1/2:
1/2 - 2/5 = (5/10) - (4/10) = 1/10
Therefore, Marri bought 1/10 more pounds of Licorice than jawbreakers.
To find out how many more pounds of licorice than jawbreakers Marri bought, we need to subtract the weight of jawbreakers from the weight of licorice.
Let's calculate the weights:
Weight of licorice = 1/2 pound
Weight of jawbreakers = 2/5 pound
We can subtract the weight of jawbreakers from the weight of licorice:
1/2 pound - 2/5 pound
To subtract fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 10:
(1/2) * (10/10) - (2/5) * (10/10)
= 5/10 - 4/10
= 1/10
Therefore, Marri bought 1/10 pound more of licorice than jawbreakers.
To find out how many more pounds of licorice Marri bought than jawbreakers, we need to subtract the weight of the jawbreakers from the weight of the licorice.
First, let's convert the fractions to a common denominator.
The common denominator of 2, 3, and 5 is 30.
So, we can rewrite the fractions as follows:
Licorice = 1/2 * 30/30 = 15/30 pound
Candy worms = 1/3 * 30/30 = 10/30 pound
Jawbreakers = 2/5 * 30/30 = 12/30 pound
Now, we can subtract the weight of the jawbreakers from the weight of the licorice:
Licorice - Jawbreakers = (15/30) - (12/30)
= 3/30
= 1/10 pound
Therefore, Marri bought 1/10 more pounds of licorice than jawbreakers.