What operation with fractions is this question asking you to perform?

Jake has a candy bar. If Josh eats 1/5, how much of the candy bar is left?

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The question is asking you to perform a subtraction operation with fractions. You need to subtract the fraction of the candy bar that Josh eats (1/5) from the whole candy bar (which can be represented as 1 or 5/5). To find out how much of the candy bar is left, you would calculate:

1 - 1/5 = 4/5

So, the operation is: \( 1 - \frac{1}{5} \).