Question

Write your own word problem that involves 1 1/3 -2/3 . Solve the problem, and explain what your solution means in terms of the problem that you wrote.

Answer 1

If there are eleven apples to be shared between 3 boys and two bananas to be shared between 3 girls, find the difference between them.

Explanation:

So there are 11 apples to be shared between 3 boys, which is represented mathematically as 11/3

And 2 bananas to be shared between 3 girls, which can be represented mathematically as 2/3, find the difference.

The difference between them would be 11/3 - 2/3

Solving this problem, they both have the same denominator, so we subtract the numerators directly.

11/3 - 2/3 = 9/3

Which is equals to 3.

So the difference between both of them is 3.