Question

the teacher had 9 pencils. she gave 6 pencils as prizes to the students what fraction of pencils did she have left.

Answer 1

she has 3/9 or 1/3 left

Answer 2

3/9 (or) 1/3 (reduced)

Explanation:

1. Before handing pencils to the students, the teacher had 9 out of 9 (9/9) pencils.

2. When she gave pencils to the students, she gave them 6 of the 9 pencils (6/9)

3. Now we do the math:

9/9 - 6/9

= 3/9 (or) 1/3 (reduced)

Therefore, the teacher now has 3/9 or 1/3 of the pencils left.