Question

Mary bakes a chocolate cake, a vanilla cake, and a strawberry cake. Each cake is the same size. Angela eats four-eighths of the chocolate cake, two-eighths of the vanilla cake, and two-fourths of the strawberry cake. David eats one-fourth of the chocolate cake, three-eighths of the vanilla cake, and one-half of the strawberry cake. Who eats more cake, Angela or David? How much more cake? How much of each cake is left? Show all your mathematical thinking.

Answer 1

Answer:

Angela eats more cake

Angela ate 1/8 more cake

1/4 of the chocolate

3/8 of the Vanilla

no more Strawberry

Step-by-step explanation:

Angela: 4/8 + 2/8 + 4/8 = 10/8 = 1 1/4

David: 2/8 + 3/8 +4/8 = 9/8 = 1 1/8

Chocolate: 4/8 + 2/8 = 6/8,  8/8 - 6/8 = 2/8 or 1/4

Vanilla: 2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8, 8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8

Strawberry: 4/8 + 4/8 = 8/8, 8/8 - 8/8 = 0