The question is:
Jean Paul uses 1/3 cup walnuts, 1/8 cup chocolate chips, and 1/2 cup coconuts in his cookie recipe. Of these ingredients, which is used the most? Use fraction bars to explain your answer
Answer:
Of the ingredients, 1/2 cup coconuts is used the most.
Explanation:
We want to use fraction bar to show the size of each fraction.
If
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1 =
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1/3 =
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1/8 =
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1/2 =
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1/2 is obviously larger than 1/8 and 1/3.