Question

You have 4/6 cup of oatmeal in your cupboard. A recipe for cookies calls for 1/4 cup of oatmeal. How much oatmeal would you have left if you made the cookies?

Answer 1

\[\frac{4}{6}-\frac{1}{4}\]

Answer 2

btw \(\frac{4}{6}=\frac{2}{3}\) so this is the same as
\[\frac{2}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\]

Answer 3

you know how to do that subtraction?

Answer 4

don't the denominators have to be equal numbers

Answer 5

make them equal by writing
\[\frac{2}{3}=\frac{8}{12}\] and
\[\frac{1}{4}=\frac{3}{12}\]now you have
\[\frac{8}{12}-\frac{3}{12}\]

Answer 6

so then the answer is 5/12 ? im terrible at math sorry lol

Answer 7

or you can always subtract via
\[\frac{a}{b}-\frac{c}{d}=\frac{ad-bc}{bc}\] so you would get
\[\frac{2}{3}-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{2\times 4-3\times 1}{3\times 4}\]

Answer 8

and yes, the answer is \(\frac{5}{12}\)

Answer 9

got another?