Beth has 1/4 bag of candy. She ate 1/2 of the candy. What fraction of the whole bag is leftover.? I say 7/8, she ate 1/2 of 1/4 which is 1/8, there are 8/8's in a WHOLE BAG... subtract the 1/8 she ate and there are 7/8 left. The question
Asks what fraction of the WHOLE BAG IS LEFT, NOT what fraction of the 1/4 bag is left. Is my answer of 7/8 correct.?
correct.
is this realy correct
Your answer of 7/8 is correct. Here's how you can explain it:
To find out what fraction of the whole bag is leftover, we need to calculate the fraction that Beth ate and subtract it from 1 (because 1 represents the whole bag).
Beth started with 1/4 of a bag of candy. She ate 1/2 of that 1/4. To calculate how much she ate, you multiply 1/4 by 1/2.
(1/4) * (1/2) = 1/8
So, she ate 1/8 of the whole bag.
Now, to find out what fraction is left, we subtract the fraction she ate (1/8) from the whole bag (1/1 or simply 1):
1 - 1/8 = 7/8
Therefore, 7/8 of the whole bag is left after Beth ate 1/2 of the candy from her 1/4 bag.