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Santa and Mrs Claus are eating cookies santa ate 10/20 of the cookies and Mrs Claus ate the rest what fraction did Mrs Claus eat ?​

User Keita
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Santa ate 10/20. right?

so you would subtract 10 from 20

which would give you 10

so Mrs. Claus also ate 10/20

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Another way to solve:

since 10/20 = 50%

Mrs. Claus ate the same amount

because 50% is half of 100% ( 1 whole )

So, Mrs. Claus ate 10/20

User Vidhya G
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Answer: 10/20 or 1/2

Explanation:

10 is the half of twenty, if she’s gonna eat the rest, she’s gonna eat the other half

User Vinod Makode
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