One person uses 8/6 ounces of milk for their recipe. Another person uses 4/3 ounces of milk for their recipe. Who uses more milk? Explain your answer.

Question

Fractions for 3rd grade math. Using diagrams and number lines.

Answer 1

Note that

 

4/3 = (4 x 2)/(3 x 2) = 8/6,

 

so they both use the same amount of milk.