Question

Amber has 4/5-pound bag of colored sand. She uses 1/2 of the bag for the project. How much sand does she use for the project?

Answer 1

3/10
4/5 - 1/2= 8/10-5/10

Answer 2

`(2)/(5)`-pound of sand

Explanation:

We have been given that Amber has
`(4)/(5)`-pound bag of colored sand. She uses 1/2 of the bag for the project.

We need to find 1/2 'of' the 4/5 as:

`(4)/(5)* (1)/(2)`

`(4*1)/(5*2)`

`(2*1)/(5*1)`

`(2)/(5)`

Therefore, Amber used
`(2)/(5)`-pound of sand for the project.