Question

In a shipment of new cookies for a store, 4/12 of the cookies were sugar and 1/5 were oatmeal. The remainder of the cookies were chocolate chip. What fraction of the cookies were chocolate chip?

Answer 1

13/15

Explanation:

The fraction of the cookies that are chocolate chip can be determined by solving this equation

1 - (
`(4)/(12)` -
`(1)/(5)`)

1 -
`(20 - 12)/(60)`

1 -
`(8)/(60)`

`(60)/(60)` -
`(8)/(60)` =
`(52)/(60)` = 13/15