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Mary picked 1/2 bucket of plum and Fred picked2/3 buckets of plum how much more of a bucket did fred pick

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\stackrel{Fred}{\cfrac{\underline{2}}{3}}~~ - ~~\stackrel{Mary}{\cfrac{1}{2}}\implies \cfrac{(2)\underline{2}~~ - ~~(3)1}{\underset{\textit{using this LCD}}{6}}\implies \cfrac{4-3}{6}\implies \cfrac{1}{6}

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