Johnny had a jar fill of 5,000 pieces of candy. He ate 1/3 and gave 2/4 to his friends. How many pieces of candy does Johnny have left.

Question

Answer: 1/3 *5,000 + 2/4 * 5,000

Answer 1

no,
you found how many are gone, it asked for how many are left
1/3 + 1/2 = 5/6
so 1/6 is left and 1/6 of 5000 are left, that is, 833 1/3 of them are left

Strange that they wouldn't have it come out exactly, weird to have thirds of candies.

Answer 2

Thank you for the help