Question

Pearl has half of a tablespoon of food coloring. And a third of a tablespoon of vanilla extract. How many more tablespoon of food coloring does she have than vanilla extract ?

Answer 1

Im pretty sure its 1/6 more.

Explanation:

1/2 = 3/6

1/3=2/6

If you subtract them, you get 1/6.

Answer 2

Pearl has 1 and one-sixth more of food coloring than vanilla extract.

Explanation:

We know that Pearls has

• One half of a tablespoon of food coloring. (
  `1(1)/(2)`)
• A third of a tablespoon of vanilla extract.(
  `(1)/(3)`)

To know how many more tablespoon of food coloring than vanilla extract she has, we need to divide

The fraction for food coloring is

`1(1)/(2)=(3)/(2)`

The fraction for vanilla extract is

`(1)/(3)`

If we divide

`(3)/(2) / (1)/(3)\\(3)/(2) * 3=(9)/(2)=4.5=4(1)/(2)`

This means that Pearl has 4 and a half more food coloring than vanilla extract. The exact difference would be

`(3)/(2)-(1)/(3)=(9-2)/(6)=(7)/(6)=1(1)/(6)`

Therefore, Pearl has 1 and one-sixth more of food coloring than vanilla extract.