Ricky had 2/3 gallon of fruit punch left over from his party. He gave Jason 1/4 gallon the next day. What fraction of a gallon of fruit punch does Riky have left?
2/3 - 1/4 = 8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12 gallon
John has 2/3 gallon of fruit punch concentrate. He uses1/4 of the concentrate to make punch for a party. What fraction of a gallon did he use.
Mia worked a total of 16 overtime hours during a 3- day period. If she worked 3 3/4 hours of overtime on each of the first two days how many overtime hours did Mia work on the third day.
To find the answer, we need to subtract the amount of fruit punch Ricky gave to Jason from the amount Ricky had originally.
Ricky had 2/3 gallon of fruit punch left over.
He gave Jason 1/4 gallon of fruit punch.
To subtract fractions, we need to make sure the denominators are the same. In this case, the denominators are already the same, so we can go ahead and subtract the numerators.
2/3 - 1/4 = 8/12 - 3/12 = 5/12
So, Ricky has 5/12 gallon of fruit punch left.