Question

Ian picked 1/10 of a bucket of apples, and Sam picked 7/10 of a bucket of apples. How many more buckets did Sam pick?

a:4/5
b:3/5
c:6/5
d:8/20

Answer 1

B: 3/5

Explanation:

So Sam picked 7/10, Ian Picked 1/10. The "how many more" tells us that this is a subtraction problem.

7/10 - 1/10 = 6/10, which simplifies to 3/5