Any suggestions for a word problem for the equation : 5/12 * 1/6?

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n200080 [17]3 years ago

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Thomas had 5/12 of a pie. his friend, Katelyn ate 1/6 of his pie. How much is left?

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let n be the number of positive integers.
∴ 1≤n≤999,999
Let c₁ be the set of numbers divisible by 6 and c₂ be the set of numbers divisible by 4.
Let N(c₁) be the number of elements in set c₁ and N(c₂) be the number of elements in set c₂.

∴N(c₁) = $\frac{999,999}{6} = 166666$
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