Maurice needed to cut a piece of wood for his project that measures 4 3/4 inches . How much wood will he have left if the board that he is cutting from is 8 inches long? Show your work

8 inches-4 3/4 inches=3 and 1/4 inches left

8 - 4 3/4 = 7 4/4 - 4 3/4 = 3 1/4

Three friends are sharing 36 cookies. Terry states he wants 1/4 of the cookies, Gary wants 1/2 of the cookies and terry wants 3/4 of the cookies. How many cookies does each person want? Explain your anwser.

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To determine how much wood Maurice will have left after cutting the piece, we need to subtract the length of the piece he is cutting from the total length of the board.

The length of the board is given as 8 inches, and Maurice needs to cut a piece that measures 4 3/4 inches. To subtract these two lengths, we need to convert the mixed fraction (4 3/4) to an improper fraction or a decimal.

To convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (4) by the denominator (4) and add the numerator (3) to get the new numerator (4*4 + 3 = 19). Then, the numerator becomes 19 and the denominator remains the same (4). So the improper fraction is 19/4.

To subtract, we subtract the length of the piece (19/4) from the length of the board (8).

8 - 19/4

To subtract fractions, we need the same denominator. The denominator of the first fraction is 1, and the second fraction has a denominator of 4. So we need to find a common denominator, which is 4.

Multiply the numerator and denominator of the first fraction (8) by 4 to get the same denominator:

(8/1) * (4/4) = 32/4

Now we can subtract:

32/4 - 19/4 = 13/4

The result is an improper fraction. To convert it to a mixed number or a decimal, we can divide the numerator (13) by the denominator (4).

Dividing 13 by 4 gives us 3 with a remainder of 1. So the whole number is 3, and the remainder is 1. The fraction part is the remainder (1) over the denominator (4).

Therefore, Maurice will have 3 1/4 inches of wood left after cutting the piece.