Question
Ron used 3/5kg of flour to make bread and 2/7kg of flour to make scones how many more kg of lour did he use to make bread than scines
Answers
Ms Pi 3.14159265358979323
Subtract them...
But to subtract fractions you need a common denominator (the smallest thing that 5 and 7 both go into)
Remember when making equivalent fractions with your common denominator (which is 7x5 = 35) make sure you multiply the top by whatever you multiplied the bottom by...
So 3/5 is equal to 3x7/5x7
that is
21/35
now you try...
But to subtract fractions you need a common denominator (the smallest thing that 5 and 7 both go into)
Remember when making equivalent fractions with your common denominator (which is 7x5 = 35) make sure you multiply the top by whatever you multiplied the bottom by...
So 3/5 is equal to 3x7/5x7
that is
21/35
now you try...