Question

Goldie was given 2 1/3 cups of food. She ate 3/4 of her meal. If there were 10 cups of food in the bag to start with, how much food did she have left?

Answer 1

Answer:

8.25 cups of food

Step-by-step explanation:

Goldie was given 2 1/3 cups of food.

In other words, Goldie had $2 +\frac{1}{3} = \frac{7}{3} = 2.333$.

$\frac{3}{4}$ of your meal is $\frac{3}{4}(\frac{7}{3})$

If he ate $\frac{3}{4}$ of his food, then he consumed

$\frac{3}{4}*(\frac{7}{3}) = \frac{7}{4}$ cups

At first there were 10 cups of food in the bag, but goldie consumed $\frac{7}{4}$ cups. Therefore, they remain in the bag:

$10 - \frac{7}{4} = \frac{33}{4} = 8.25$ cups of food