Question

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Answer 1

Nathan went down to Candy World and bought 9 2/3 pounds of lemon drops for him, Darren, and Mitchel to take on a week long field trip. Nathan gave 5/8 of the lemon drops to Darren, and Darren gave 3/5 of his lemon drops to Mitchel.

Mitchel wanted to know how many pounds of lemon drops he received.

Nathan told him that he needed to start with the initial amount, multiply by the fraction that Darren received, and then multiply the result by the fraction of Darren's that he received, that is to simplify the expression. http://media.studyisland.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?%5Cleft%289%5C%20%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D%5C%20%5Ctimes%5C%20%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%5Cright%29%5C%20%5Ctimes%5C%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B5%7D

Darren told him that he needed to find the fraction of the whole amount by multiplying their fractional amounts together first and then multiply by the initial amount, that is to simplify the expression http://media.studyisland.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?9%5C%20%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D%5C%20%5Ctimes%5C%20%5Cleft%28%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B8%7D%5C%20%5Ctimes%5C%20%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B5%7D%5Cright%29

Answer 2

By using Nathan's expression, Mitchel should have received _____ pounds of lemon drops.

By using Darren's expression, Mitchel should have received ______ pounds of lemon drops.

The difference in the amount of lemon drops Mitchel should have received using Nathan's expression instead of Darren's expression is ______ pounds.