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Seventh grade > G.16 Add, subtract,

At the farmers' market, Ken bought 7/10 of a pound of string beans and 1/2 of a pound of
lima beans. How many more pounds of string beans did Ken purchase?

User Tarun Singhal
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Answer:6/8

Explanation:

User Mikael Kessler
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Answer:

Ken bought 2/10 of a pond more of string beans then lima beans.

Explanation:

1/2 = 5/10

7/10 - 5/10 = 2/10

2/10 = 1/5 if you need a more simplified answer.

Hope this helped!

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