So far John has run 1/4 of the way to school and walked 3/8 of the way. what fraction of the distance to school does John have left.
1/4 = 2/8
2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8
8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8
what is 8/8-2/8-3/8 ?
To find the fraction of the distance John has left to his school, we need to subtract the fraction of the distance he has already covered from the total distance to his school.
John has already run 1/4 of the way and walked 3/8 of the way. To get a common denominator, we can multiply 1/4 by 2/2 to make it 2/8. Now, we can express John's progress as a common fraction:
1/4 + 3/8 = 2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8
So, John has covered 5/8 of the distance to school.
Now, to find the fraction of the distance John has left, we subtract the fraction of his progress from 1 (whole):
1 - 5/8 = 1/1 - 5/8 = 8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8
Therefore, John has 3/8 of the distance to school left to cover.