Question

Lacey filled a measuring cup with 1/2 of a cup of vegetable oil. Then she poured 1/3 of a cup of the oil into a frying pan. How much oil is left in the measuring cup?

Answer 1

1/6 of a cup

Explanation:

You're trying to figure out what 1/3 subtract 1/2 is, right?

Well first, convert both of them so they both have the same denominator.

Common Denominator = 6

So, 1/3 is 2/6 and 1/2 is 3/6 and 2/6 plus 3/6 is 5/6. Well, what's left in the cup? 6/6 subtract 5/6 is 1/6

Hope that helps!