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.

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.

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