Question

Rachel ate 3/5 part of an apple and the remaining apple was eaten by her
brother Shyla. How much part of the apple did Shyla eat? Who had the
larger share? By how much?

Answer 1

Shyla ate 2/5 part of the apple.

Rachel had the larger share .

Rachel had the larger share by 1/5 .

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Answer 2

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Given:

Rachel ate 3/5 part of an apple and remaining apple was eaten by her brother Shyla

To find:

☞ How much part of apple did Shyla ate = ?

☞ Who had larger share of apple = ?

☞ By how much = ?

Solution:

Note: Fractions always add up to one if no other numbers are mentioned

Here, there is only one apple mentioned so the parts eaten should add up to 1

Let x be the Apple eaten by Shyla

$\\ \\ \dfrac{3}{5} + x = 1 \\ \\ x = 1 - \dfrac{3}{5} \\ \\ x = \dfrac{5 - 3}{5} \\ \\ x = \dfrac{2}{5}$

Thus, shyla ate 2/5 part of apple

When we divide,

$\\ \\ Rachel \: ate = \dfrac{3}{5} \\ \\ = 0.6 \: part \: of \: apple$

$\\ \\ Shyla \: ate \: = \dfrac{2}{5} \\ \\ = 0.4 \: part \: of \: apple$

Rachel had larger part of apple

To find by how much we have to subtract Rachel part with Shyla part

$\\ \\ = 0.6 - 0.4 \\ \\ = 0.2$

Rachel had 0.2 part of apple more than Shyla

Answer:

☞ Shyla ate 2/5 or 0.4 part of apple

☞ Rachel had the larger share

☞ Rachel had 0.2 part of apple more than Shyla

Knowledge booster:

• Add the fraction if the denominator are same or else divide it and sum the numbers
• Always make the denominator same by LCM method if to do subtraction and addition easily
• Try to solve more such questions to get good hold on it