Ask Question
7 March, 07:22

D'naya has 5/6 pounds of cups of frosting to put on batch of cupcakes. He puts 1/8 of a cup on one cupcake. How much does he have left to use on the rest of the batch?

+3
Answers (1)
  1. 7 March, 10:12
    0
    5/6 - 1/8 = 5 (8) / [6 (8) ] - 1 (6) / [8 (6) ]

    5/6 - 1/8 = [5 (8) - 1 (6) ]/[8 (6) ]

    5/6 - 1/8 = [40 - 6]/[48]

    5/6 - 1/8 = [34]/[48]

    5/6 - 1/8 = 17/24 (reducing the fraction by diving top/numerator and bottom/denominator by 2)
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Get an answer to your question ✅ “D'naya has 5/6 pounds of cups of frosting to put on batch of cupcakes. He puts 1/8 of a cup on one cupcake. How much does he have left to ...” in 📙 Mathematics if there is no answer or all answers are wrong, use a search bar and try to find the answer among similar questions.
Search for Other Answers