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Rodney and Josiah each bought a package of the same kind of cookies at
the store. Rodney ate 1/2 package of cookies on Monday and 1/3 of the same package
on Tuesday. Josiah 5/12 ate of his package on Monday and 1/2 of the package on
Tuesday. Who ate more? How much more?

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Answer:

  Josiah ate 1/12 package more

Step-by-step explanation:

Each of them ate 1/2 package on one of the days. On the other day, Rodney ate 1/3 = 4/12 of the package, and Josiah ate 5/12 of the package.

Josiah ate 5/12 -4/12 = 1/12 more of the package of cookies.