Sam needs 5/6 cup mashed bananas and 3/4 Cup mashed strawberries for a recipe. He wants to find whether he needs more bananas or more strawberries . How can he write 5/6 and 3/4 as a pair of fractions with a common denominator
Answer: He needs more strawberries than banana.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have given that
Number of cups of mashed bananas is given by
\(\frac{5}{6}\)
Number of cups of mashed strawberries is given by
\(\frac{3}{4}\)
We need to find whether he needs more bananas or more strawberries.
For this we need a common denominator.
1) Taking L.C.M. of denominator :
L.C.M. OF 6 and 4 = 12
2) Make the common denominator i.e. 12 for both the fractions.
\(\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{2}{2}=\frac{5\times 2}{6\times 2}=\frac{10}{12}\\\\and\\\\\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{3}{3}=\frac{3\times 3}{4\times 3}=\frac{9}{12}\)
so, we can see that
\(\frac{10}{12}>\frac{9}{12}\)
He needs more strawberries than banana.