Latoya has 3/4 of a bag of popcorn. If she eats half of the popcorn at a movie , how much does she have left?
3/4 * 1/2 = 3/8
6/8 - 3/8 = ?
. If Rupert flew 3/16 of the way around the world, but George only flew 4/9 as
far Rupert, how far around the world did George fly? Simplify your answer.
I had this same exact problem Change "OF" to "Multiply". 4/9 OF 3/16= 4/9 x 3/16= 1/12
To find out how much popcorn Latoya has left after eating half of it, we need to perform a series of calculations.
First, we need to determine the amount of popcorn Latoya has initially. If she has 3/4 of a bag, we can represent this as a fraction: 3/4.
Next, we need to find out how much popcorn she eats at the movie, which is half of the amount she has initially. To calculate this, we need to divide the initial amount by 2: (3/4) ÷ 2.
Dividing a fraction by a whole number is the same as multiplying the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number. So, the division operation becomes multiplication: (3/4) × (1/2).
To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators (top numbers) together to get the new numerator, and multiply the denominators (bottom numbers) together to get the new denominator. So, (3/4) × (1/2) is equal to (3 × 1) / (4 × 2).
Multiplying the numerators and denominators, we get: 3/8.
Therefore, Latoya eats 3/8 of the bag of popcorn during the movie.
Now, to find out how much popcorn she has left, we need to subtract the amount she ate from the initial amount. So, subtracting 3/8 from 3/4 is equivalent to (3/4) - (3/8).
To perform this subtraction, we need to find a common denominator, which is the smallest multiple of 4 and 8. In this case, it is 8. So, (3/4) - (3/8) is equal to (6/8) - (3/8).
Subtracting the numerators, we get: 3/8.
Therefore, Latoya has 3/8 of a bag of popcorn left after eating half of it at the movie.