Mrs. Bailey is knitting a striped blanket for her granddaughter. She made 1/4
of the blanket pink, 3/8
of the blanket green, and the rest of the blanket was white. Which fraction represents the white part of the blanket?
Responses
The fraction representing the white part of the blanket is 1 - 1/4 - 3/8 = 1 - 2/8 - 3/8 = 8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8.
To find the fraction that represents the white part of the blanket, we need to subtract the fractions of the blanket that are pink and green from 1 (since the remaining part of the blanket is white).
Given that Mrs. Bailey made 1/4 of the blanket pink and 3/8 of the blanket green, we can calculate the fraction of the blanket that is white as follows:
1 - 1/4 - 3/8
To find a common denominator, we can multiply both 4 and 8 by 2:
2/8 - 1/4 - 3/8
Now that the denominators are the same, we can subtract the fractions:
(2 - 1 - 3)/8
Simplifying the numerator:
-2/8
The final fraction that represents the white part of the blanket is -2/8. However, since fractions should not have negative signs in the numerator, we can simplify it further:
-2/8 = -1/4
Therefore, the fraction that represents the white part of the blanket is 1/4.