Question

Danika has one apple that weighs 1/4 lb and another apple weighs 3/16 lb. Find the DIFFERENCE in their weights.

Answer choices:

A. 1/16 lb.
B. 1/6 lb.
C. 1/4 lb.

Answer 1

Answer: A.

Step-by-step explanation:

Danika has 1/4 lb apple and a 3/16 apple. We have to find a common denominator to be able to subtract them. We can do this by finding out 4 times how much equals 16. Which is 4. So you multiply both of the numbers by 4, (1x4 = 4 , 4x4 = 16) being 4/16. Now you just have to subtract the top numbers "4-3 = 1" 1/16.

Answer 2

answer: a

first you want to convert both into like terms so converting 1/4 to 4/16
then you can subtract accordingly to get 4/16 - 3/16 to get 1/16
hope this helps :)