Victoria has a 2 pound package of flour. She uses 2/5 of the flour to make a pizza. She then uses 3/10 of the remaining flour to make bread. Find the weight of the package of flour that she has left.
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Answer:
They told us how much Victoria used in fractions. 1. Add up the total amount she used.
2/5 + 3/10 = total amount used
Make both denominators the same.
2/5(2/2) + 3/10 = total amount used
4/10 + 3/10 = total amount used
7/10 = total amount used
2. Find out how much is left.
If she used 7/10 of the total package she has 3/10 left, because 10/10 - 7/10 = 3/10.
3. Find the weight of 3/10 of the package
The whole package, 10/10, weighs 2 pounds,
so each 1/10 of package = 2lbs/10 = 0.2 lbs
Now we know we have 3/10 left, so multiply 0.2 by 3 which equals 0.6 pounds.
Victoria has 0.6 pounds of flour left.
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