Question

Meade gave 1/2 of a candy bar to Max and then ate 1/6 of the candy bar himself. What fraction of the candy bar is left?

There is ___ of the candy bar left.

Answer 1

Let's break this problem into a few steps:

• First, Meade gave 1/2 of candy to Max

⇒ Amount of Candybar: Candy - (1/2)Candy = (1/2)Candy

• Second, Meade ate 2/5 of the candy

⇒ Amount of Candy left:

Total amount of candy - (1/6) * Total amount of candy

= (1/2) Candy - (1/6) *(1/2)Candy

= (1 - 1/6) * (6/7) Candy

= 5/6 * 1/2 = 5/12 Candy

Thus there is 5/12 of the candy left.