Mrs harris took 6 oranges out of the refrigerator and cut them into wedges. each wedge represents 1/6 of the entire orange. Her children ate 3/4 of the wedges, how many are left
The first thing we must do for this case is calculate the number of wedges. We have then: N = (6) / (1/6) N = 36 We now calculate how many wedges the children ate: (3/4) * (36) = 27 The amount of wedges remaining is: 36-27 = 9 Answer: there are 9 wedges left.
