Mrs. vacarro sliced a banana into 5 pieces. after eating one slice, she gave â…˜ of the original total to her toddler. after her child was finished, there were â…– of the banana slices left. what expression would you use to find out what fractional amount of banana mrs. vacarro's toddler ate?
a. â…˜ x â…– . since we are wanting to know the total amount of the banana the toddler ate we would need to multiply the two fractions together.
b. â…˜ - â…– . since mrs. vacarro gave the toddler â…˜ of the original banana slices we needed to subtract the remaining â…– from the original â…˜ to find the amount the toddler ate.
c. â…˜ â…– . since mrs. vacarro initially gave the toddler â…˜ of the banana and then later gave them the remaining â…– we needed to add the two fractions together to get the total amount the toddler ate.
d. 5/5 - â…– . since 5/5 reduces to one whole banana we just need to subtract the remaining â…– the toddler was given the second time to get the total amount they have eaten.
