Question

Your teacher gave you 1/2 of a bag of candy, but she only gave your friend 1/3 of a bag. How much more of the bag did your teacher give you than your friend?

Answer 1

1/6

Explanation:

you’re being asked the difference between the amounts of your candy and your friend’s candy.

So you must subtract 1/3 from 1/2.

=> 1/2 - 1/3

=> 3*1 - 2*1/3*2. ( You criss-cross and you multiply the denominators)

=>. 3 - 2 /6

=> 1/6

So you got 1/6 more candies in your bag than your friend.

Answer 2

We can convert the 2/3 bag of candy that we got to 16/24, by multiplying both the top and bottom by 8. Similarly, we multipy the 1/8 bag of candy that our friend got by 3 on the top and bottom to get 3/24.

We find the difference between these two:

(16/24) - (3/24) = (16-3)/24 = 13/24

So we get 13/24 more of the bag of candy than our friend did.