Question

Juan has 1 1/3 cakes. He eats 1/2 of all the cake in one day. How much cake is left?

Answer 1

Answer: 5/6 of the cake is left

Explanation: look for keywords and you immediately know it’s a subtraction problem. So, subtract 1/2 from 1 1/3. Therefore, 5/6 of the cake is left.

Answer 2

5/6

Explanation:

1 1/3 - 1/2

Convert 1 1/3 into an improper fraction: 4/3.

4/3 - 1/2 = 5/6

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