So, on Monday he ate 1/7, that means from a whole 7/7, take away 1/7, the leftover was 6/7 then.
on Tuesday, he ate 1/6 of the leftover, namely, 1/6 of 6/7.
now, how much is 1/6 of 6/7? well, is just their product,
![\bf \cfrac{1}{6}\cdot \cfrac{6}{7}\implies \cfrac{1}{7}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B6%7D%5Ccdot%20%5Ccfrac%7B6%7D%7B7%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B7%7D)
now, so he really ate 1/7 of the whole thing on Tuesday, there were 6/7 remaining, how much is 6/7 - 1/7? yeap, you guessed it, 5/7.