jaimie bougth a roll of tape that measured 1 meter in legth .he used 1/4 of the tape to wrapped his hockey stick .he used 1/8 of the tape to fix a whole in his hockey bag . what fraction of the tape was left?
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Answer:
1/4 used to wrapped the hockey stick:
tape left = 1 - 1/4 = 3/4
1/8 used to fix the whole hockey bag:
tape left = 3/4 - 1/8 = 5/8
The fraction of tape left is 5/8.
Alternate Solution:
fraction of tape used = 1/4 + 1/8 = 3/8
fraction of tape left = 1 - 3/8 = 5/8