Question

Sarah's mom baked 2 5/6
pounds of french fries for lunch. Sarah ate 1 2/3
pounds of french fries and her mom ate the rest. What operation would you use to find the amount of french fries Sarah's mom ate?

Answer 1

To find the amount of french fries that Sarah's mom ate, you would use subtraction. You will subtract the amount of french fries Sarah ate (1 2/3 pounds) from the total amount that was baked (2 5/6 pounds). The operation looks like this:

\[
\text{Amount Sarah's mom ate} = \text{Total amount} - \text{Amount Sarah ate}
\]

So, it would be:

\[
2 \frac{5}{6} - 1 \frac{2}{3}
\]

Now you can perform the subtraction to find out how much Sarah's mom ate.