Question

There's seven-eighths of a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer. There's also two-thirds of a gallon of vanilla ice cream. How much more chocolate ice cream is there than vanilla? A. 5⁄24 of a gallon B. 15⁄8 of a gallon C. 1⁄3 of a gallon D. 9⁄24 of a gallon

Answer 1

There's seven-eighths of a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer. There's also two-thirds of a gallon of vanilla ice cream.

$\frac{7}{8}$ gallons of chocolate ice-cream

$\frac{2}{3}$  gallons of vanilla ice-cream

To find how much more chocolate ice cream is there than vanilla

We subtract vanilla from chocolate

$\frac{7}{8} -\frac{2}{3}$

To subtract fractions we make the denominators same

least common denominator is 24

$\frac{7*3}{8*3} -\frac{2*8}{3*8}$

$\frac{21}{24} -\frac{16}{24}$

$\frac{5}{24}$

$\frac{5}{24}$ of a gallon