Question

Sam needs 5/6 cup mashed bananas and 3/4 Cup mashed strawberries for a recipe. He wants to find whether he needs more bananas or more strawberries . How can he write 5/6 and 3/4 as a pair of fractions with a common denominator

Answer 1

theres common denomintor is 12 so it would be 10/12 and 9/12

Answer 2

Answer: He needs more strawberries than banana.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of cups of mashed bananas is given by

`(5)/(6)`

Number of cups of mashed strawberries is given by

`(3)/(4)`

We need to find whether he needs more bananas or more strawberries.

For this we need a common denominator.

1) Taking L.C.M. of denominator :

L.C.M. OF 6 and 4 = 12

2) Make the common denominator i.e. 12 for both the fractions.

`(5)/(6)* (2)/(2)=(5* 2)/(6* 2)=(10)/(12)\\\\and\\\\(3)/(4)* (3)/(3)=(3* 3)/(4* 3)=(9)/(12)`

so, we can see that

`(10)/(12)>(9)/(12)`

He needs more strawberries than banana.