Question

Maria and Meme each had 4 pints of paint on the first day of painting Maria used 3/5 of her 4 pints and Emma used 3/4 of her 4 pints of paint altogether how much of Maria and Emme's paint remained after the first day of painting enter the answer as a mixed number

Answer 1

The amount of paint Maria used is:

`(3)/(5)\cdot4=(3\cdot4)/(5)=(12)/(5)=(10+2)/(5)=(10)/(5)+(2)/(5)=2(2)/(5)`

Then, she has 4 - 2 2/5 pints remaining.

(I replaced 4 by 3 5/5)

The amount of paint Emma used is

`(3)/(4)\cdot4=(12)/(4)=3`

Then, she has 4 - 3 = 1 pint remaining

The total remaining paint is 1 3/5 + 1 = 2 3/5 pints