Jan has a recipe for bread.she uses 6/8 cup of flour and 1/3 cup of chopped onion.which ingredients does she use more of,flour or onions?

You have to get a common denomiator first then you can compare the numerators.

Try for a denominator of 24. this means that you have to multiply the top and bottom of the 6/8 fraction by 3. And multiply the 1/3 (top and bottom) by 8.

To determine which ingredient Jan uses more of, we need to compare the quantities of flour and onions she uses.

First, let's convert the fractions to a common denominator to make the comparison easier:

6/8 cup of flour can be simplified to 3/4 cup of flour (by dividing the numerator and denominator by 2).

1/3 cup of chopped onion remains as it is.

Now we can compare the quantities.

Jan uses 3/4 cup of flour and 1/3 cup of chopped onion.

To compare these amounts, we can convert them to decimal format. To do this, divide the numerator by the denominator.

For flour: 3 ÷ 4 = 0.75
For onions: 1 ÷ 3 ≈ 0.333

By looking at the decimal values, we can see that Jan uses more flour (0.75 cups) compared to onions (0.333 cups). Therefore, she uses more flour in her recipe.