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A cake recipe asked for 4⁄6 of a cup of oil, but Brad accidentally poured 5⁄6 of a cup of oil into the batter. How much extra oil did Brad pour into the batter?

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Hello! I would love to help!

Okay, let's first figure out what the problem is asking us. Basically, we need to subtract 4/6 from 5/6 to find the extra left over.

Let's do it!

We need to do 5/6-4/6

To do this, subtract the numerators, or top numbers of each fraction.

The top numbers are 5 and 4
5-4=1

Now, put the new numerator over 6, the common denominator.

1/6

So, your answer is 1/6 cup extra oil.

Hope this helped! Comment if you have questions!
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