Mrs. vacarro sliced a banana into 5 pieces. after eating one slice, she gave ⅘ of the original total to her toddler. after her child was finished, there were ⅖ of the banana slices left. what expression would you use to find out what fractional amount of banana mrs. vacarro's toddler ate?
a. ⅘ x ⅖ . since we are wanting to know the total amount of the banana the toddler ate we would need to multiply the two fractions together.
b. ⅘ - ⅖ . since mrs. vacarro gave the toddler ⅘ of the original banana slices we needed to subtract the remaining ⅖ from the original ⅘ to find the amount the toddler ate.
c. ⅘ ⅖ . since mrs. vacarro initially gave the toddler ⅘ of the banana and then later gave them the remaining ⅖ we needed to add the two fractions together to get the total amount the toddler ate.
d. 5/5 - ⅖ . since 5/5 reduces to one whole banana we just need to subtract the remaining ⅖ the toddler was given the second time to get the total amount they have eaten.