Question

There were 4 1/5 cups of juice. The boy drank 1 3/5 cups. How many are left?

Answer 1

2 3/5

Explanation:

to do this you would need to turn 4 1/5 and 1 3/5 into mixed numbers,

4 * 5 + 1 = 21/5

1 * 5 + 3 = 8/5

then you subtract the improper fractions, and instead of trying to smaller the improper fraction turn it back into a mixed number by knowing how many go into 5

this then gives you 13/5 which also gives you the same answer as 2 3/5