Question

While making desserts for a bake sale, Nancy used 3/10 of a scoop of brown sugar as well as 1/10 of a scoop of white sugar. How much more brown sugar did Nancy use? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

Step 1

Given:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Nancy used }(3)/(10)of\text{ a scoop of brown sugar} \\ \text{and} \\ (1)/(10)\text{ of a scoop of white sugar} \end{gathered}`

Required; To find how much more brown sugar Nancy used.

Step 2

Find how much more brown sugar Nancy used.

`=\text{ scoop of brown sugar - scoop of white sugar}`
`=(3)/(10)-(1)/(10)=(2)/(10)=(1)/(5)`

Therefore there was 1/5 more