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Where was 5/6 of a pie. Joe ate 1/6 of the pie. How much of the whole pie was left?

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4/6 of the pie was left:)
since the denominators are the same
the bottom numbers or in this case the number 6 in the fraction:)
all you have to do is subtract 5-1 = 4!!
so keep your denominator the same and add the new numerator
4
--
6

hope i helped!
User Plodder
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 5/6 minus 1/6 is equal to 4/6. Good luck :)
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