gloverfamily199
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  • 05-05-2017
  • Mathematics
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Ben has 1/2 pound of modeling clay. He used 1/5 of a pound on Monday. He used 1/4 pound on Tuesday. How many pound of clay does Ben have left after Tuesday?

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haneylia
haneylia haneylia
  • 05-05-2017
Change the fractions to decimals for as easy algebraic solution.

.5 - (.2 + .25) = .05. Only 1/10 of the clay is left.
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HammyTheKid
HammyTheKid HammyTheKid
  • 05-05-2017
the first thing you want to do is make all of them have a common denominator

1/2 = 10/20
1/4 = 5/20
1/5 = 4/20
you then do 10/20 - 5/20 - 4/20

the final answer is 1/20 pounds of clay
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