Question

Neeta bought 2 and 3/5 liter of milk from the market.To make it 3 liters, how much more does she need?

Answer 1

easy, 2+3/5=2 and 3/5
3-2 and 3/5 = 2/5 answer is 2/5

Answer 2

how much does she have so far in total??

2+ 3/5 is

2+
`(3)/(5)`=
`2(3)/(5)`

she needs 3, so she needs

3-
`2(3)/(5)` more

let's change the 3 into a mixed number with a denominator of 5:
`2(5)/(5)`



`2(5)/(5)`-
`2(3)/(5)`=
`(2)/(5)`

so
`(2)/(5)` is the answer