Question

Les baked 48 cookies for the bake sale at school, and sold 36 of them. in fraction form, how many cookies did Les have left?

Answer 1

1/4

Explanation:

48/12 = 4

36/12 = 3

48- 36 = 12

if you start with 48 and end with 12 you have 1/4 of th cookies left

Answer 2

Les sold 36 of 48.

36/48

Explanation:

36 over 48 reduces to 3/4.

she sold 3/4 of the cookies.