Daniel made a chocolate pie, a cream pie, and an apple pie that were the same size and shape for a celebration. After the celebration the following amounts of pie were remaining:
5/8 of chocolate
1/6 of cream pie
1/4 of apple pie
What fraction of a whole pie is remaining?
1 1/24
1 1/24, or in word form one and one twenty-fourth
cream pie and apple pie and chocolate pie
1 1/24
To find out what fraction of a whole pie is remaining, we need to add up the fractions remaining for each type of pie and then subtract that total from 1 (since the whole pie would be represented by the fraction 1).
Let's start by finding a common denominator for the fractions remaining:
The denominators are 8, 6, and 4. The smallest common multiple (LCM) for these denominators is 24.
Now, let's convert each fraction to have the same denominator of 24:
5/8 = (5/8) * (3/3) = 15/24
1/6 = (1/6) * (4/4) = 4/24
1/4 = (1/4) * (6/6) = 6/24
Now let's add up the fractions:
15/24 + 4/24 + 6/24 = 25/24
Finally, let's subtract this sum from 1 to determine the fraction of a whole pie that is remaining:
1 - 25/24 = (24/24) - (25/24) = -1/24
Therefore, it appears that there is actually a negative fraction of a whole pie remaining, which doesn't make sense. It is possible that some information is missing or there may be an error in the given information.
5/8 = 15/24
1/6 = 4/24
1/4 = 6/24
Take it from there.