Question

Marquis has 7 cups of yogurt. He gives his sister 3 3

5 cups of the yogurt, how much of
Marquis’s yogurt remains?

Answer 1

Marquis starts with 7 cups of yogurt and gives away 3 and 3/5 cups. By subtracting the given amount from the total, we find that Marquis is left with 3 and 2/5 cups of yogurt.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves Marquis who has 7 cups of yogurt and gives away 3 and 3/5 cups of it to his sister. To determine how much yogurt remains, we must subtract the amount given away from the initial amount. We start with 7 cups and remove 3 and 3/5 cups.

We convert 3 and 3/5 cups into an improper fraction which is 3*5/5 + 3/5 = 15/5 + 3/5 = 18/5 cups. Now, we subtract 18/5 cups from 7 cups, which we also convert into fifths to align the denominators: 7 cups = 35/5 cups.

Subtraction is as follows: 35/5 - 18/5 = 17/5 cups. To put this back into mixed numbers, 17/5 is 3 and 2/5 cups. So, Marquis has 3 and 2/5 cups of yogurt left.