Question

While cooking a stew, Jim used 2/3 of a shaker of salt and 7/12 of a shaker of pepper. How

much more salt did Jim use?

Answer 1

he used one 1/12 more of salt.

Explanation:

2/3 I know equals 8/12

And

7/12 = 7/12 so

You just do

8/12 - 7/12 = 1/12