Melissa poured 1/4 can of syrup into a bowl. She spilled 1/5 of the syrup into a bowl that was left of the can. What fraction of the original can of syrup was left in the can?

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Imo · Answer 1 · 2019-02-08T22:35:27+0000

To make this easier we can convert the fractions to whole numbers and then back.
Lets have 100 represent the can.
1/4 = .25 so we will convert it to 25
100 - 25 = 75
1/5 of 75 is 15
75 - 15 = 60
60/100 = 6/10 = 3/5

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