Question

Mr. Henry made 14 3/5 gallons of chili for a party. If 9 3/4 gallons of chili was mild, and the rest was extra spicy, how much extra spicy chili did Mr. Henry make?

Answer 1

Mr. Henry made 4 17/20 or 4.85 gallons of extra spicy chili

Answer 2

4
`(17)/(20)`

Explanation:

14
`(3)/(5)` - 9
`(3)/(4)` Rewrite with a common denominator of 20

14
`(12)/(20)` - 9
`(15)/(20)`

5
`(-3)/(20)`

I have to take 3/20 away from 5

I can rewrite 5 as

4
`(20)/(20)` -
`(3)/(20)`

4
`(17)/(20)`