Ali has some sweets he gives Mike 1/8 of them and gives suzie 1/4 of them, how many does he have left.

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Yurem

15 July, 19:23

Ali has some sweets he gives Mike 1/8 of them and gives suzie 1/4 of them, how many does he have left.

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Gracie Tran · Answer 1

Answer:5/8

Step-by-step explanation:1/8+1/4=3/8

8/8-3/8=5/8

Jaylynn Clements · Answer 2

To make things a bit easier you can make suzie's fraction, 1/4, have the same denominator as Mike. Multiply the denominator by 2 to get 8 and since you multiplied the denominator by 2 you do the same to the numerator which makes the fraction now 2/8 instead of 1/4. Now you can easily do the problem if there's a total of 8 sweets and 2 + 1 are given away. Now there's only 5. Or 5/8