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Tony ate 3/4 of the pizza. mike ate 7/16 of the pizza. how much more did tony eat than mike

User Collin M
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Answer: 5/16

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply tonys 3/4 by 4 in order to get the same denominator as mike's 7/16. You should get 12/16 since 4x3=12, and now you can subtract the smaller fraction 7/16 from the bigger one 12/16, you should get a difference of 5/16.

User Tyler Gillies
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Answer:

5/16

Step-by-step explanation:

make them have a common denominator

3/4 needs to be times by 4

so it's

12/16 then you minus 7/16

the answer is

5/16

User Sam Alekseev
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