Question

Stan, Liam, and Louise are competing in a cooking competition. They all used different amounts of flour from a can containing 5 pounds of flour.

Stan used 12% of the total flour in the can.
Liam used 0.11 of the total flour in the can.
Louise used 0.7 pound of the total flour in the can.
Who used the greatest amount of flour from the can? Show your work and explain your answer in words.

Answer 1

@acxbox22

Answer 2

@dan815

Answer 3

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 4

@Kainui

Answer 5

@misty1212

Answer 6

@Nnesha

Answer 7

@perl

Answer 8

@satellite73

Answer 9

@thadyoung

Answer 10

@Whitemonsterbunny17. Please come and help me you never help me anymore lol

Answer 11

@zepdrix

Answer 12

Well, what is 12% in decimal form?

Answer 13

Its is 0.12

Answer 14

Right?

Answer 15

Right.
So, which one is the biggest number?
.12
.11
or
.07 ?

Answer 16

.12

Answer 17

Right, so who used .12 of the total flour in the can?

Answer 18

Stan

Answer 19

That's \(\frak\color{lime}{correct!}\)

Answer 20

Ok so now can you explain the answer and how you got it please please please

Answer 21

@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 22

I just guided you to it :p
You converted 12% to its decimal form, then compared the numbers to see which was the largest.