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Jackie baked a cake for Mother's Day and cut it into ten equal pieces. After dinner,
she had four-tenths of the cake left. She wrapped a piece that was one-fifth of the
original cake for her sister. What fraction of the cake was left?

User Edelyne
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Answer:

Jackie cut the cake into ten equal pieces, so each piece is 1/10 of the original cake.

If she had four-tenths of the cake left after dinner, then she had 6/10 of the cake left.

She wrapped a piece that was one-fifth of the original cake for her sister. One-fifth of the original cake is 1/5 x 1 = 1/5.

So, Jackie gave away 1/5 of the cake and had 6/10 - 1/5 = 3/10 of the cake left.

Therefore, the fraction of the cake that was left is 3/10.

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Answer:

3/10

Explanation:

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