Skyler is making cookies to donate to the bake sale at his local grocery store. He makes 2/3 of the cookies on a given night and has only enough time to decorate 1/4 of them. What is the fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate?(1 point)
Responses
1/2
5/12
3/7
11/12
To find the fraction that Skyler still needs to decorate, we can subtract the fraction of cookies he has decorated from the fraction of cookies he made.
Skyler made 2/3 of the cookies, and he decorated 1/4 of them.
The fraction of cookies remaining is 2/3 - 1/4.
To subtract fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 3 and 4 is 12.
Converting 2/3 to have a denominator of 12, we get 8/12.
Converting 1/4 to have a denominator of 12, we get 3/12.
So, 2/3 - 1/4 = 8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12.
Therefore, the fractional portion that Skyler still needs to decorate is 5/12.
To find the fractional portion of the cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to calculate the fraction that he hasn't decorated yet.
Skyler makes 2/3 of the cookies and has time to decorate only 1/4 of them.
The fraction remaining that he still needs to decorate can be found by subtracting the fraction of cookies he decorated from the fraction of cookies he made:
2/3 - 1/4
To subtract these fractions, we need a common denominator. The least common multiple (LCM) of 3 and 4 is 12.
Converting both fractions to have a denominator of 12:
(2/3) * (4/4) = 8/12
(1/4) * (3/3) = 3/12
Now we can subtract:
8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12
Therefore, the fractional portion of the cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate is 5/12.
To find the fractional portion of the cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to subtract the fraction of cookies he has already decorated from the fraction of cookies he made.
Skyler made 2/3 of the cookies and decorated 1/4 of them.
To find the fraction remaining undecorated, we can subtract 1/4 from 2/3:
2/3 - 1/4 = 8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12
Therefore, the fractional portion of cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate is 5/12.