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Rachel bought some buttons. Of the buttons, 2/4 are yellow and 2/8 are red. Rachel bought more of which color buttons.
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Rachel bought some buttons. Of the buttons, 2/4 are yellow and 2/8 are red. Rachel bought more of which color buttons.

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You can simplify the fractions...
2/4 are yellow, that is the same as 1/2 being yellow.
2/8 are red, that is equvalent to 1/4 being red.
1/2 is greater than 1/4, which means that Rachael bought more yellow buttons than she bought red buttons.
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