Darius is reading a book that is 50 pages long. He read 3/5 of the book on Monday and 3/5 of the remainder on Wednesday. How many pages did Darius have left to read?
3/5 * 50 = 30
50 - 30 = 20
3/5 * 20 = 12
20 - 12 = ?
Thanks PsyDAG That was the correct answer.
To find out how many pages Darius had left to read, we first need to calculate the number of pages he read on Monday.
Given that the book is 50 pages long, and Darius read 3/5 of the book on Monday, we can calculate the number of pages he read on Monday by multiplying 50 by 3/5:
Pages read on Monday = 50 * 3/5 = 30
Now, we need to find out how many pages Darius had left after reading on Monday. To do this, we subtract the number of pages Darius read on Monday from the total number of pages in the book:
Pages left after Monday = Total pages - Pages read on Monday = 50 - 30 = 20
Next, we need to calculate the number of pages Darius read on Wednesday. Given that he read 3/5 of the remaining pages on Wednesday, we can find this by multiplying the number of pages left after Monday by 3/5:
Pages read on Wednesday = Pages left after Monday * 3/5 = 20 * 3/5 = 12
Finally, we can calculate the number of pages Darius had left to read after reading on Wednesday by subtracting the number of pages he read on Wednesday from the pages left after Monday:
Pages left after Wednesday = Pages left after Monday - Pages read on Wednesday = 20 - 12 = 8
So, Darius had 8 pages left to read after reading on Wednesday.