Question

Sari had 3/4 of a bag of pretzels. Her younger brother ate some, leaving her with 1/8 of a bag.What fraction of the bag did Sari's brother eat?M. 4/12P. 2/4R. 5/8S. 7/8

Answer 1

To solve this problem you have to subtract the remaining pretzels from the initial number of bags of pretzels.

Computing the subtraction, you get:

$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{8}=\frac{6}{8}-\frac{1}{8}.$

Simplifying the above result, you get:

$\frac{5}{8}.$

Answer:

$\frac{5}{8}.$