Question

Your teacher gave you 2/3 a bag of candy, but she only gave your friend 1/8 of a bag.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

We can convert the 2/3 bag of candy that we got to 16/24, by multiplying both the top and bottom by 8. Similarly, we multipy the 1/8 bag of candy that our friend got by 3 on the top and bottom to get 3/24.

We find the difference between these two:

(16/24) - (3/24) = (16-3)/24 = 13/24

So we get 13/24 more of the bag of candy than our friend did. (That's more than half!)