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Mrs. Selleck baked a cake and cut it into 10 equal pieces. Her family ate six pieces and she took the rest to her next door neighbor. What fraction of the cake was given to her neighbor?

User Denzel
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Answer: 4/10 is left

Step-by-step explanation:

Started out with 10/10 (One whole Cake)

Ate 6 pieces.

10-6=4

The neighbor now has 4/10

(Can be simplified to 2/5 if needed.)

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