Question

Alica had 10/12 of fabric she used 8/12 for a pillow how much fabric dod she have left? Explain how you found your answer .

Answer 1

If she has 10/12 and uses 8/12 then you just subtract.
Since the denominators are the same you just subtract 10-8 and get 2
the denominator is the same for your answers and so it is 
2/12