Gabriel bought 7/15 pound licorice, 1/3 pound of candy worms, and 3/5 pound of jawbreakers. How many more pounds of licorice than candy worms did he buy?
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½ pound
6/12 pound
2/15 pound
4/9 pound
To find out how much more licorice Gabriel bought than candy worms, we first need to find the quantities of licorice and candy worms that he bought.
Since we know that Gabriel bought 7/15 pound licorice, 1/3 pound candy worms, and 3/5 pound jawbreakers, we can add these fractions together:
7/15 + 1/3 = 21/45 + 15/45 = 36/45
Simplifying this fraction, we get:
36/45 = 4/5 pound
So Gabriel bought 4/5 pound of licorice.
Now we need to find out how much candy worms he bought. We already know it's 1/3 pound.
Therefore, Gabriel bought 4/5 - 1/3 pounds of licorice more than candy worms.
To subtract these fractions, we need to have a common denominator. The least common multiple of 3 and 5 is 15.
Multiplying 4/5 by 3/3 (which is the same as multiplying by 1) to get a common denominator:
4/5 * 3/3 = 12/15
So Gabriel bought 12/15 pound of licorice more than candy worms.
As a simplified fraction, this would be:
12/15 = 4/5 pound
Therefore, Gabriel bought 4/5 pound more of licorice than candy worms.
thats not one of the options. its multiple choice so you choose one of the answers Gabriel bought 7/15 pound licorice, 1/3 pound of candy worms, and 3/5 pound of jawbreakers. How many more pounds of licorice than candy worms did he buy?
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½ pound
6/12 pound
2/15 pound
4/9 pound
Apologies for the confusion. To find out how many more pounds of licorice Gabriel bought than candy worms, we need to subtract the amount of candy worms from the amount of licorice.
The amount of licorice Gabriel bought is 7/15 pound.
The amount of candy worms Gabriel bought is 1/3 pound.
To subtract these fractions, we need to have a common denominator. The least common multiple of 15 and 3 is 15.
Multiplying 7/15 by 1/1 (which is the same as multiplying by 1) to get a common denominator:
7/15 * 1/1 = 7/15
So Gabriel bought 7/15 pound of licorice.
Now, we subtract the amount of candy worms from the amount of licorice:
7/15 - 1/3 = (7/15) - (5/15) = 2/15 pound
Therefore, Gabriel bought 2/15 pound more of licorice than candy worms.
So the answer is 2/15 pound.