Question

Victoria has a two pound package of flower she uses 2/5 of the flour to make a pizza. She then used 3/10 of the remaining flour to make bread. find the weight of the package of flower that she has left

Answer 1

You want to find out how much flour she used first. In order to do that, you want to convert all your givens, into the same denominator so you can add them together.

For 2/5, multiply the top and the bottom by 2.
2/5 = 4/10 she uses for pizza.

3/10 already has the same denominator, so we can add them together.

4/10 for pizza + 3/10 for bread = 7/10 already used.

1- 7/10 = 3/10 left