Question

pauls dad made a turkey pot pie for dinner on wednesday. the family ate 4/8 of the pie. on thursday after school, paul ate 2/16 of the pie for snack. what fraction of the pie remained

Answer 1

please help

Answer 2

im bad at word problems

Answer 3

forget the words.
\[\frac{4}{8}\] is gone.
\[\frac{2}{16}=\frac{1}{8}\] is gone, so how much is gone all together?

Answer 4

hmmmm

Answer 5

in other words, what is
\[\frac{4}{8}+\frac{1}{8}\]?

Answer 6

oh. one sec

Answer 7

derp 5/8

Answer 8

derp! lol

Answer 9

ok so
\[\frac{5}{8}\] is gone, what is left?

Answer 10

probably easier if you think about this in english.
five-eighths is gone, how many eights remain?

Answer 11

oh lol

Answer 12

eiggggght?

Answer 13

answer?

Answer 14

wait

Answer 15

hold the phone. you have 8 dollars and you spend 5 dollars, how much do you have left?

Answer 16

3/8! I LITERALLY just figured it out

Answer 17

great! (words not so bad once you get rid of them)

Answer 18

lol