Question

Corey, Laura, Paige and Jacob are baking a pumpkin pie. Each of them brings a different ingredient. When the pie is finished, 1/4 of the cinnamon that was brought is left, 1/3 of the nutmeg, 1/2 of the ginger, and 5/8 of the pumpkin remains. Corey's ingredient was used the most. Laura's ingredient was used the least. More of Paige's ingredient was used than Jacob's. Who brought the ginger?

Answer 1

1/4 cinnamon was left, so 3/4 was used.

1/3 nutmeg was left, so 2/3 was used

1/2 of ginger was left so 1/2 was left

5/8 of pumpkin was left so 3/8 was used.

Corey's was used the most, 3/4 is the largest used, so Corey had the cinnamon.

Laura's was used least, 3/8 is the smallest amount so Laura had the pumpkin.

2/3 is more then 1/2, so there was more ginger used than nutmeg.

More of Paige's was used, so Paige had the ginger.