Question

There's seven-eighths of a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer. There's also two-thirds of a gallon of vanilla ice cream. How much more chocolate ice cream is there than vanilla? A. 5⁄24 of a gallon B. 15⁄8 of a gallon C. 1⁄3 of a gallon D. 9⁄24 of a gallon

Answer 1

There's seven-eighths of a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer. There's also two-thirds of a gallon of vanilla ice cream.

`(7)/(8)` gallons of chocolate ice-cream

`(2)/(3)` gallons of vanilla ice-cream

To find how much more chocolate ice cream is there than vanilla

We subtract vanilla from chocolate

`(7)/(8) -(2)/(3)`

To subtract fractions we make the denominators same

least common denominator is 24

`(7*3)/(8*3) -(2*8)/(3*8)`

`(21)/(24) -(16)/(24)`

`(5)/(24)`

`(5)/(24)` of a gallon