Jared is scheduled to work for 5/6 of an hour at the school fair. He has already worked 1/3 of an hour. How much longer does he have work?

Question

A. 1/3 hour
B. 5/6 hour
C.1 hour
D. 1/2 hour

Answer 1

What is
5/6 - 1/3 ?

or

think in minutes ...
5/6 of an hour is 50 minutes
you already did 1/3 of an hour, or 20 minutes
So that leaves 30 minutes.
What fraction of an hour is 30 minutes?

Answer 2

1/2 of an hour

Answer 3

Thank you so much Reiny