SUBTRACTION

SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS

Problem:

Mrs. Susan bought 1/8 m of curtain cloth. She used 3/5 m to make a curtain for the living room window. How many meters of cloth were not used?

Solution:

Asked:

Size of cloth that were not used  

Given:

The given facts are:  

• 3/5 meters used for making a curtain
• 1/8 meters of curtain cloth

Operation:

Subtraction was needed to be used to determine the size of cloth that were not used.

Mathematical sentence:

Solution:

Answer:  

There are 19/40 m of cloth that were not used.

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