Skyler is making cookies to donate to the bake sale at his local grocery store. He makes 2/3 of the cookies on a given night and has only enough time to decorate 1/4 of them. What is the fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate?(1 point)
Responses
11/12
3/7
1/2
5/12
To find the fractional portion of cookies remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to find the fraction of cookies that he hasn't decorated yet.
Let's say Skyler made a total of 12 cookies for the bake sale.
He made 2/3 of the cookies on a given night, so he made (2/3) * 12 = 8 cookies.
He can only decorate 1/4 of those cookies, so he can only decorate (1/4) * 8 = 2 cookies.
Therefore, Skyler still needs to decorate 8 - 2 = 6 cookies.
The fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate is 6/12.
Simplifying this fraction, we get 1/2.
So the answer is 1/2.
To find the fractional portion remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to calculate the difference between the fraction of cookies he made and the fraction of cookies he decorated.
He made 2/3 of the cookies and decorated 1/4 of them.
To find the remaining fraction, we can subtract the fraction decorated from the fraction made:
2/3 - 1/4
We need to find a common denominator for 3 and 4, which is 12:
(8/12) - (3/12)
Now, we can subtract the numerators:
8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12
Therefore, the fractional portion remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate is 5/12.
To find the fractional portion of the cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate, we'll follow these steps:
Step 1: Determine how much of the cookies Skyler made on the given night.
Skyler made 2/3 of the cookies.
Step 2: Determine how much of the cookies Skyler decorated.
Skyler decorated 1/4 of the cookies.
Step 3: Find the fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate.
To find the remaining portion, we subtract the portion decorated from the portion made.
The remaining portion = Portion made - Portion decorated
Remaining portion = 2/3 - 1/4
Next, we need to find a common denominator for 3 and 4, which is 12.
So, we can rewrite the fractions as:
Remaining portion = 8/12 - 3/12
Finally, we subtract the numerators:
Remaining portion = 5/12
Therefore, the fractional portion remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate is 5/12.