Question

On Friday, Carlotta had 6/8 of her paper left to write. She wrote 2/6 of the paper on Saturday and ¼ of the paper on Sunday. At the end of the weekend, what fraction of her paper does Carlotta have left to write?

Answer 1

`(1)/(6)`

Explanation:

Skills needed: Fraction Subtraction, Least Common Denominator (LCD)

1)
`(6)/(8) - (2)/(6) - (1)/(4)` is the operation you would do.

--> You would do this because, Carlotta has
`(6)/(8)` of the paper left, and does one fraction amount (
`(2)/(6)`) on Saturday & does another fraction amount (
`(1)/(4)`) on Sunday.

--> Using subtraction is the best way

2) Now, we need to figure out the Least Common Denominator for all 3 fractions.

8,6,4 are the denominators.

The lowest number that is a factor of all them is 24.

So, it would then become
`(18)/(24) - (8)/(24) - (6)/(24)`

This would become:
`(18-8-6)/(24)` (18-8-6 = 4)

So then:
`(4)/(24)` is your answer.

This simplifies into
`(1)/(6)`.

Hope this helps and have a nice day!! :) :]