Dawn has 5/6 yard of lace. She uses 4/5 of it for a dress and the rest for a jewel box. How much lace does she use for the jewel box?
what is 5/6 yd*1/5 ?
5/30
To find out how much lace Dawn uses for the jewel box, we need to subtract the amount she uses for the dress from the total amount of lace she has.
The total amount of lace that Dawn has is 5/6 yard.
She uses 4/5 of it for the dress, so the amount she uses for the dress is (4/5) * (5/6) = (4 * 5) / (5 * 6) = 20/30 = 2/3 yard.
To find out how much lace she uses for the jewel box, we need to subtract 2/3 yard from 5/6 yard.
5/6 - 2/3 = (5/6) - (4/6) = 1/6 yard.
Therefore, Dawn uses 1/6 yard of lace for the jewel box.
To find out how much lace Dawn uses for the jewel box, we first need to subtract the amount she used for the dress from the total amount of lace she has.
Dawn has 5/6 yard of lace, and she uses 4/5 of it for the dress.
To subtract fractions, we need to find a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 6 x 5 = 30.
Now, we can convert the fractions to have a common denominator:
5/6 yard of lace = (5/6) x (5/5) = 25/30 yard of lace.
4/5 of the lace used for the dress = (4/5) x (6/6) = 24/30 yard of lace.
To find how much lace Dawn used for the jewel box, we subtract the lace she used for the dress from the total amount:
Total lace - Dress lace = Jewel box lace
25/30 - 24/30 = 1/30 yard of lace.
Therefore, Dawn used 1/30 yard of lace for the jewel box.