"if a butcher sells 2/3 of his hamburgers on monday and 1/2 of remainder on tuesday, what fraction is unsold?"
and show me how to do it please :
2007-02-14 22:35:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
So firt relize that if he sells 2/3 he has 1/3 left. If he sells another half, multiply 1/3 by 1/2 (or divide by 2 which is the same as multiplying the denominator by 2, and your left with 1/6 of the original hamburger.
2007-02-14 22:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Tom C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he has sold 2/3 on monday so the remainder is 1/3 half 1/3 to find out how many he sold on tuesday and then you got your remainder. Hope this helps. Do you need your answer in fraction form? Or does your question give you the amount of hamburgers originally on a monday morning.
2007-02-15 06:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by dollydaydream22 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On Monday... He has sold 2/3, so he has
1 - 2/3 = 3/3 - 2/3 = 1/3 left
On Tuesday, he sold half of that, so he sold
(1/2)(1/3) = 1/6.
Which means he has
1/3 - 1/6 = 2/6 - 1/6 = 1/6 left
2007-02-15 07:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Mathematica 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let
3/3 = Total hamburger
2/3 = hamburger sold on monday
1/2 = hamburger sold on tuesday
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3/3 - 2/3 = 1/3
1/3 = remainded of hamburger left on monday
1/3 x 1/2 = 1/6
1/6 = hamburger left after the sales on tuesday
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2007-02-15 08:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/6
1/3 left after monday = 2/6 half of that is 1/6
2007-02-15 06:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Smoothie, aka Mr. SmartAss 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
=1-2/3-(1/3)*(1/2)
2007-02-15 07:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by Suiram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Solution: A whole-two-third=one-third
one-third x half=one-sixth
Ans:one-sixth
2007-02-15 06:46:40 · answer #7 · answered by minton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, fractions help a lot if you don't have a whole
2007-02-15 06:39:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋