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## anonymous one year ago Rickey has 7 over 8 cup of cereal in a bowl. He then gave two 1 over 4 cups of cereal from his bowl to his little sister. Which of the following best explains the amount of cereal left in Rickey's bowl?

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1. anonymous

5/8

2. anonymous

4x2=8 so 7/8 -2= 5/8

3. anonymous

So Rickey has $$\large \frac{7}{8}$$ and he gives away 2 $$\large \frac{1}{4}$$ bowls. This can be shown with the equation $\large \frac{7}{8}~-~(2 \times \frac{1}{4})=~?$ Can you solve that?

4. anonymous

-2/8 not - 2 sorry

5. mathstudent55

@LegendarySadist You meant: $$\large \dfrac{7}{8}~-~(\dfrac{2}{2} \times \dfrac{1}{4})=$$ which then becomes $$\large =\dfrac{7}{8}~-~\dfrac{2}{8}$$ $$\large =\dfrac{5}{8}$$

6. anonymous

It says "2 1 over 4 cups". Would that not be $$\large 2 \times \frac{1}{4}$$?

7. anonymous

Since he's giving away 2 $$\large \frac{1}{4} \normalsize th$$ cups, that's the same as giving away 1/2 cup. So $\large \frac{7}{8}~-~\frac{4}{8}~=~\frac{3}{8}$

8. mathstudent55

Sorry. You are absolutely correct. I didn't notice the two spelled out. I only looked at the numbers.

9. mathstudent55

@WinterBlade1222 Ignore my answer above. Follow @LegendarySadist 's correct answer instead.

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