To find the fractional portion of cookies remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to find the fraction of cookies that he hasn't decorated yet.
Let's say Skyler made a total of 12 cookies for the bake sale.
He made 2/3 of the cookies on a given night, so he made (2/3) * 12 = 8 cookies.
He can only decorate 1/4 of those cookies, so he can only decorate (1/4) * 8 = 2 cookies.
Therefore, Skyler still needs to decorate 8 - 2 = 6 cookies.
The fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate is 6/12.
Simplifying this fraction, we get 1/2.
So the answer is 1/2.
Skyler is making cookies to donate to the bake sale at his local grocery store. He makes 2/3 of the cookies on a given night and has only enough time to decorate 1/4 of them. What is the fractional portion remaining that he still needs to decorate?(1 point)
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11/12
3/7
1/2
5/12
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