Oscar bought a bag of almonds. He ate 3/8 of the bag on Sunday. On Monday he ate 2/3 of the almonds left. What fraction of the entire bag did he eat on Monday?

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Oscar bought  a bag of almonds. He ate 3/8 of the bag on Sunday. On Monday he ate 2/3 of the almonds left. What fraction of the entire bag did he eat on Monday?

anonymous · Answer

let x be the number of almonds
he ate 3/8
so
x-(3/8)x=x(1-3/8) left
monday
x(5/8)-2/3x

texaschic101 · Answer

He ate 3/8 of the bag leaving 5/8. (Sunday)
2/3 of 5/8 (Monday)
2/3 * 5/8 = (just multiply and you will have your answer)
You might need a second opinion on this because I am not sure

anonymous · Answer

@texaschic101  is correct
the is differnece between eating a fraction  of the bag and a fraction of the almonds

texaschic101 · Answer

so would you multiply 2/3 by 5/8 or would you subtract 2/3 from 5/8 ???

texaschic101 · Answer

@Jonask ....???

anonymous · Answer

multiply

texaschic101 · Answer

thanks...I got confused for a second.

anonymous · Answer

is you try subtracting you actually get a negetive answer????!!!!