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Les baked 48 cookies for the bake sale at school, and sold 36 of them. in fraction form, how many cookies did Les have left?

User Lysandus
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

48/12 = 4

36/12 = 3

48- 36 = 12

if you start with 48 and end with 12 you have 1/4 of th cookies left

User Dean Meehan
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Answer:

Les sold 36 of 48.

36/48

Explanation:

36 over 48 reduces to 3/4.

she sold 3/4 of the cookies.

User Alex Zywicki
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