Question

Sarah had to mow the lawn. She had done 5/9 of the work when Jim came to help. He mowed 1/3 of the lawn. What fraction of the lawn remained to be done?

A) 1/9
B) 4/9
C) 2/3
D) 8/9

Answer 1

5/9 were already mowed by Sarah
Jim mowed another 1/3 = 3/9 of the lawn

in total, there are now 8/9 of the lawn mowed.
it remains to mow 1/9 of the lawn.

Answer 2

Thank you. It's correct