Question

Breanna has 1_5/8 pounds of clay. She uses 6/8 of the clay for an art project. What is the weight of the clay Breanna uses for her art project?

Answer 1

Breanna used
`(7)/(8)` pounds of clay for her project.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1; First, we must convert the mixed fractions into improper fractions. To do that we multiply the whole number with the denominator and add with it the numerator while the denominator remains the same. To convert this fraction 1
`(5)/(8)`, we multiply 1 with 8 and then add 4 and keep the 8 as the denominator so we get

1
`(5)/(8)` = (1 × 8) + 5 / 8 =
`(13)/(8)`.

Step 2; After conversion, it's just a matter of subtraction. To calculate the clay she used for her project, we subtract the clay she had after from the clay she had before doing the project. While subtracting two fractions, if denominators are equal we subtract the numerators and keep the denominator the same.

`(13)/(8)` -
`(6)/(8)` =
`(13-6)/(8)` =
`(7)/(8)`.

So Breanna used
`(7)/(8)` pounds of clay for her project.