With the remaining 3/4 gallon of honey, Lila decided to bake some loaves of bread and several batches of cookies for her school bake sale. The bread needed 1/6 gallon of honey and the cookies needed 1/4 gallon. How much honey was left over?

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Jonathan Kelley

Mathematics

21 April, 05:21

With the remaining 3/4 gallon of honey, Lila decided to bake some loaves of bread and several batches of cookies for her school bake sale. The bread needed 1/6 gallon of honey and the cookies needed 1/4 gallon. How much honey was left over?

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Carleigh Hammond · Answer 1

Find the least common denominator for all fractions: 12

3/4 = (3*3) / (4*3) = 9/12

1/6 = (1*2) / (6*2)

1/4 = (1*3) / (4*3)

Take the converted fractions to have the honey used taken away from the original total.