Question

The table show the ingredients in an Italian sandwich. What fraction of a pound is each ingredient? meat 0.35, vegetables 0.15, secret sauce 0.05 and bread 0.05. 

Answer in Fraction.


How much more meat is in the sandwich than vegetables? Express the amount as a fraction in simplest form?


What is the total weight of the Italian sandwich? Express the amount as a fraction in simplest form?

Answer 1

Question 1:

Meat is 0.35 of a pound. The value '0.35' has two decimal places and this means the value is of hundredth

0.35 = 35/100

Divide both the numerator and denominator of the fraction by a common factor to simplify it


`(35)/(100)= (35/5)/(100/5)= (7)/(20)`

Vegetables = 0.15 of a pound = 15/100

`(15)/(100)= (15/5)/(100/5)= (3)/(20)`

Secret sauce and bread each 0.05 of a pound

`0.05= (5)/(100)= (5/5)/(100/5)= (1)/(20)`
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Question 2:

Meat - Vegetable = 0.35 - 0.15 = 0.20


`0.20 = (20)/(100) = (20/20)/(100/20)= (1)/(5)`

The meat is 1/5 of a pound more than the vegetables
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Question 3:

Total weight = 0.35+0.15+0.05+0.05 = 0.60
Total weight =
`(60)/(100)= (60/10)/(100/10)= (6)/(10) = (6/2)/(10/2)= (3)/(5)`

Total weight of the sandwich is 3/5 of a pound