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Rick bought 6 tomatoes that each weigh 1/4 of a pound. Russ bought 14 tomatoes that each weigh 1/8. Whose tomatoes weigh more?
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Rick bought 6 tomatoes that each weigh 1/4 of a pound. Russ bought 14 tomatoes that each weigh 1/8. Whose tomatoes weigh more?

User Nioe
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Rick's tomatoes weighs a total of 1
(1)/(2).
Russ' tomatoes weigh 1
(3)/(4).
Russ tomatoes weigh more.
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User Mukundhan
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6 x 1/4 = 1 2/4 = 1 1/2
14 x 1/8 = 1 6/8 = 1 3/4

Russ' tomatoes weigh more because 3/4 is more than 1/2.
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