Tom, Lisa, and Jane are competing in a cooking competition. They all used different amounts of sugar from a can containing 4 pounds of sugar. • Tom used 13% of the total sugar in the can. • Lisa used 0.6 pound of the total sugar in the can. • Jane used 0.12 of the total sugar in the can. Who used the greatest amount of sugar from the can? Show your work and explain your answer in words.

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28 June, 21:51

Tom, Lisa, and Jane are competing in a cooking competition. They all used different amounts of sugar from a can containing 4 pounds of sugar. • Tom used 13% of the total sugar in the can. • Lisa used 0.6 pound of the total sugar in the can. • Jane used 0.12 of the total sugar in the can. Who used the greatest amount of sugar from the can? Show your work and explain your answer in words.

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Cadence Roy · Answer 1

You can turn all these numbers into a fraction.

Tom-13%

13%=0.13

0.13=13/100

Tom=13/100

Lisa=0.6

Lisa=3/5

Jane=0.12

Jane=12/100

Jane=3/25

Now you turn these into the same denominator and compare it. The least common denominator of all these fractions are 100.

Tom=13/100

Jane=12/100

Lisa=60/100

Lisa used the greatest amount of sugar.