Sam needs \(\frac{5}{6}\) cup mashed bananas and \(\frac{3}{4}\) cup mashed strawberries for a recipe. He wants to find whether he needs more bananas or more strawberries. How  can he write \(\frac{5}{6}\) and \(\frac{3}{4}\) as a pair of fractions with a common denominator?

Karen will divide her garden into equal parts. She will plant corn in \(\frac{8}{12}\) of the garden. What is the fewest number of parts she can divide her garden into?

Olivia is making scarves. Each scarf will have 5 rectangles, and \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the rectangles will be purple. How many purple rectangles does she need for 3 scarves?

Paul needs to buy \(\frac{5}{8}\) pound of peanuts. The scale at the store measures parts of a pound in sixteenths. What measure is equivalent to \(\frac{5}{8}\) pound?