Question

Jesse and Sarah share a salad. Jesse eats 1/4 of the salad Sarah eats 1/5 of the salad. Altogether how much of the salad do jessie and Sarah eat? what fraction of the salad is left?Is more or less of than 1/2 the salad left?

Answer 1

Answer:

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total consumed = 1/4 + 1/5

= 5/20 + 4/20

= 9/20 of the salad they eat

1 - 9/20

= 11/20 of the salad is left

10/20 is half so more than half the salad is left