Question

Devon made a small batch of cookies. He’s used 5/6 of a cup of sugar, and 3/4 of a cup of flour. Evaluate the following expression to determine how much more sugar he used then flour 5/6 - 3/4

Answer 1

To evaluate the expression 5/6 - 3/4, we need to first convert the fractions to a common denominator. The least common multiple of 6 and 4 is 12, so we can rewrite the fractions as follows:

5/6 - 3/4 = (5/6)(2/2) - (3/4)(3/3)

= 10/12 - 9/12

= 1/12

Therefore, Devon used 1/12 of a cup more sugar than flour.