Question

ZACH made a batch of cookies with 2/7 of a pound of butter and 2/9 of sugar. How much more butter than sugar was used?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.06 pound more butter than sugar was used.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

ZACH made a batch of cookies with 2/7 of a pound of butter and 2/9 of sugar.

Now, to find more butter than sugar was used.

First we convert the fractions into decimals:

Pound of sugar = 2/9 = 0.22.

Pound of butter = 2/7 = 0.28.

Then, to get the how much more butter is used we subtract:

Pound of butter - pound of sugar.

$=0.28-0.22$

$=0.06$

Therefore, 0.06 pound more butter than sugar was used.