Question

Anastasia’s mom baked a giant sugar cookie for her birthday. On her birthday, ⅝ of the birthday cookie was eaten. The next day her brother ate ¼ of what remained.
How much of the cookie was left for Stephanie to eat after lunch?

Answer 1

Answer:

9/32 of the cookie was left for Stephanie to eat after lunch

Step-by-step explanation:

Anastasia’s mom baked a giant sugar cookie for her birthday.

On her birthday, ⅝ of the birthday cookie was eaten.

So, remaining cake =$1 - \frac{5}{8}=\frac{3}{8}$

The next day her brother ate ¼ of what remained.

Amount of cake eaten by her brother = $\frac{1}{4}(\frac{3}{8})=\frac{3}{32}$

So, remaining cake = $\frac{3}{8}-\frac{3}{32}=\frac{12-3}{32}=\frac{9}{32}$

Hence 9/32 of the cookie was left for Stephanie to eat after lunch