Question

Starting from scratch, Tori finished 1/6 of a reading assignment Monday afternoon and another 1/3 of it on Tuesday afternoon. What fraction of the reading assignment was done by Tuesday night?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

The fraction of the reading assignment done by Tuesday night is 1/2.

What are fractions?

• Fractions are the numbers that make up a portion of the whole. An object or a collection of objects can be a whole.
• If a quantity or item is divided into equal pieces, each piece will represent a portion of the entire.
• A fraction is represented by the ratio a/b, where a represents the numerator and b is the denominator.

Given:

Let the total reading assignment be x.

Fraction of the reading assignment finished by Tori on Monday afternoon = (1/6)x

Fraction of the reading assignment finished by Tori on Tuesday afternoon = (1/3)x

The fraction of the reading assignment done by Tuesday night is,

Total - Fraction of the reading assignment completed by Tori

= $x -(\frac{x}{6} + \frac{x}{3} )$

= $x -(\frac{x+ 2x}{6} )$

= $x - \frac{3x}{6}$

= $x -\frac{x}{2}$

= $\frac{2x-x}{2}$

= $\frac{x}{2}$

So, 1/2 of the reading assignment(x) was done by Tuesday night.

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