Question

javier had one dozen eggs. he gave 1/2 of them to his mom. he then gave 1/3 of the rest of them to his neighbor. what fraction of the original of eggs does he have now?

Answer 1

one dozen = 12 eggs

what is 1/2 of 12 eggs?

Answer 2

6 eggs

Answer 3

so is it 1/6?

Answer 4

how did you get that?

Answer 5

1/2 of 12 eggs is 6

Answer 6

is the answer 1/3?

Answer 7

just do the math first...it is 1/6 but your solution is wrong

1/3 of 6 is 2

to get the fraction he has it's 2/12 = 1/6