Question

Kyle was asked to make a model to solve the following problem.

Mr. Bloom is creating a garden. 4/10 of his garden will be roses and 2/10 will be made up of sunflowers. How much room does Mr. Bloom have left after planting the roses and sunflowers?



Kyle said the answer was 2/5. Do you agree? Justify your reasoning in the post below.

Answer 1

No, it is 3/5

Explanation:

Because you divide by 2 for both bottom and top of the fractions and you will get 1/5, and 2/5 and you add them together and you get 3/5.

Answer 2

yes, kyle is right.

Explanation:

4/10 + 2/10 = 6/10

there are 4/10 left after planting which can be reduced by 2 = 2/5