Question

Mrs kin picked some tomatoes from her garden. She use 5/9 of her tomatoes to make pasta sauce. Then she used 5/8 of the remainder to make a salad and saved the rest for the next day. What fraction of the tomatoes did mr kin saved

Answer 1

2 and 21/32

Explanation:

Answer 2

1/6 of the tomatoes

Explanation:

So first, after she uses 5/9 she has 1 - 5/9 = 4/9 of her tomatoes left. Then, she uses 5/8 of that 4/9 to make a salad, so she used 5/8 * 4/9 = 5/18 of her tomatoes overall. That means that she has 4/9 - 5/18 = 8/18 - 5/18 = 3/18 = 1/6 of her tomatoes saved.