Question

On Friday,

1
9
of band practice was spent trying on uniforms. The band spent
1
6
of practice on marching. The remaining practice time was spent playing music.

What fraction of practice time was spent playing music?

The band spent of the practice time playing music.

Answer 1

I would make both denominators the same, and the lowest one that works is 18. So I'd make 1/9 into 2/18, and 1/6 into 3/18. They already used these times so combine them to make 5/18 then subtract that from the total time they had (18/18) and you would get 13/18 they spent playing music.