Question

Emila bought 3 2/3 kilogram of sugar on wednesday she bought 3/10 kilograms of sugar less on Thursday. How uch sugar did she buy on Thursday?

Answer 1

`1(7)/(10)` kg of sugar

Explanation:

Amount of sugar on Wednesday:
`3(2)/(3)` kg

Convert the mixed number fraction to an improper fraction (multiply the whole number by the numerator)

`3(2)/(3)` ⇒
`(6)/(3)` ⇒
`2`

Therefore, Emila bought 2 kg of sugar on Wednesday.

Because Emila bought
`(3)/(10)` kg less sugar on Thursday, subtract
`(3)/(10)` from
`2`.

`2-(3)/(10)`

Convert 2 into a fraction with 10 as the denominator

`=(20)/(10) -(3)/(10)\\=(17)/(10)`

Convert the fraction into a mixed number

`= 1(7)/(10)`

Therefore, Emila bought
`1(7)/(10)` kg of sugar on Thursday.

I hope this helps!