There's 7/8 of gallon of chocolate icecreqm in the freezer..there is also two thirds of gallon of vanilla icecream. How much more chocolate icecream is there than vanilla

Answer 1

To find out how much more chocolate ice cream there is than vanilla ice cream, we need to subtract the amount of vanilla ice cream from the amount of chocolate ice cream.

You have:

• Chocolate ice cream: \( \frac{7}{8} \) gallon
• Vanilla ice cream: \( \frac{2}{3} \) gallon

First, we need a common denominator to subtract these fractions. The least common multiple of 8 and 3 is 24.

Now, let's convert both fractions to have a denominator of 24:

1. Chocolate ice cream: \[ \frac{7}{8} = \frac{7 \times 3}{8 \times 3} = \frac{21}{24} \]

2. Vanilla ice cream: \[ \frac{2}{3} = \frac{2 \times 8}{3 \times 8} = \frac{16}{24} \]

Now we can subtract the two amounts: \[ \frac{21}{24} - \frac{16}{24} = \frac{21 - 16}{24} = \frac{5}{24} \]

So, there is \( \frac{5}{24} \) gallon more chocolate ice cream than vanilla ice cream.