Question

Pearl has half of a tablespoon of food coloring. And a third of a tablespoon of vanilla extract. How many more tablespoon of food coloring does she have than vanilla extract ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Im pretty sure its 1/6 more.

Step-by-step explanation:

1/2 = 3/6

1/3=2/6

If you subtract them, you get 1/6.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pearl has 1 and one-sixth more of food coloring than vanilla extract.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that Pearls has

• One half of a tablespoon of food coloring. ($1\frac{1}{2}$)
• A third of a tablespoon of vanilla extract.($\frac{1}{3}$)

To know how many more tablespoon of food coloring than vanilla extract she has, we need to divide

The fraction for food coloring is

$1\frac{1}{2}=\frac{3}{2}$

The fraction for vanilla extract is

$\frac{1}{3}$

If we divide

$\frac{3}{2} \div \frac{1}{3}\\\frac{3}{2} \times 3=\frac{9}{2}=4.5=4\frac{1}{2}$

This means that Pearl has 4 and a half more food coloring than vanilla extract. The exact difference would be

$\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{9-2}{6}=\frac{7}{6}=1\frac{1}{6}$

Therefore, Pearl has 1 and one-sixth more of food coloring than vanilla extract.