Sky reads 3/5 of her book on Monday and 1/3 of it on Tuesday. How much does she have left to read?
amount left to read
= 1 - 3/5 - 1/3
= ..... of the book
wd
To find out how much of the book Sky has left to read, we need to subtract the parts she has already read from the total book.
Let's break down the problem:
Sky read 3/5 of her book on Monday, so she has 2/5 of the book left to read.
On Tuesday, she read 1/3 of the book, so she has 2/3 of the book left to read (since 1 - 1/3 = 2/3).
To find out the total amount left to read, we need to add the parts she has left on Monday and Tuesday:
2/5 + 2/3
First, we need to find a common denominator for 5 and 3, which is 15.
Now, we can convert the fractions to have the same denominator:
2/5 = (2/5) * (3/3) = 6/15
2/3 = (2/3) * (5/5) = 10/15
Now that the fractions have the same denominator, we can add them:
6/15 + 10/15 = 16/15
So, Sky has 16/15 of the book left to read.
However, since a book cannot be more than 100% complete, we need to check if the fraction is greater than 1.
To do that, we can divide the numerator (16) by the denominator (15):
16 / 15 = 1.066
Since 1.066 is greater than 1, we can conclude that Sky has less than 1 whole book left to read.
Therefore, Sky has 16/15 of the book left to read.