Yikes McTugg bought 1/2 pound of potato salad. He ate 2/3 of it for lunch. How much potato salad was left for afternoon snack?

Answer 1

To find out how much potato salad was left, we need to subtract the amount that Yikes McTugg ate for lunch (2/3) from the total amount he bought (1/2).

First, we need to find a common denominator for 2 and 3, which is 6.

Converting 1/2 to sixths: (1/2) x (3/3) = 3/6

So, Yikes McTugg bought 3/6 pounds of potato salad.

Converting 2/3 to sixths: (2/3) x (2/2) = 4/6

Yikes McTugg ate 4/6 pounds of potato salad for lunch.

To find out how much was left, we subtract: 3/6 - 4/6 = -1/6

Therefore, there was -1/6 (= -0.1667) of a pound of potato salad left for the afternoon snack.