Question

Karina ate 1/2 of the muffins. Ulysses ate 1/4 of the muffins. Zawanna ate 1/5 of the muffins. Juan ate the rest of the muffins. What fraction of the muffins did Juan eat?

Answer 1

1/20

Explanation:

Karina ate 1/2 of the muffins. Ulysses ate 1/4 of the muffins. Zawanna ate 1/5 of the muffins. Juan ate the rest of the muffins. What fraction of the muffins did Juan eat?

Let the total number of muffins = 1

Hence:

The fraction of muffins Juan ate =

1 - (1/2 + 1/4 + 1/5)

Lowest common denominator is 20

1 - ( 10 + 5 + 4/20)

1 - 19/20

= 1/20

The Fraction of muffins Juan ate is 1/20