Question

if maria has a cake with 8 slices and she eats 3 slices, which fraction of the cake is left?

Answer 1

total no of slices is 8
no. of slices eaten is 3
let the whole cake be 1
part eaten =3/8
part left is 5/8 ans
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Answer 2

$\bold{\frac{5}{8}}$ is the fraction of the cake left if Maria has 8 slices and she eats 3 slices.

Given:

Total slices of cake Maria has = 8  

Total slices she ate = 3

To find:

The fraction of the cake left =?

Solution:  

The total number of slices from the cake is 8, this will become the Sample Space, and the number of slices Maria ate was 3.

Therefore, the number of slices left = total number of slices – number of slices eaten by Maria

Number of slices left = 8 – 3 = 5

Hence, the number of slices left is 5.

To find the fraction of the cake left $=\frac{\text {total number of slices left}}{\text {total number of slices }}=\frac{5}{8}$

Therefore, the fraction of the cake left after eating 3 slices is$\bold{\frac{5}{8}.}$