Julia's Candy

Algebra Level 1

Julia has 5 candy canes. She decides to eat 1/5 of them. How many candy canes does she have left?


The answer is 4.

James Hadley by James Hadley , 20, Dominican Repu…

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Jake Maason
Jul 9, 2014

(5/1) - (1/5) = (25/5) - (1/5) = (24/5) = 4.8 In other words the "answer" which is claimed for this question is incorrect: 5 whole pieces - 1/5 of a whole piece is not equal to 4, it is equal to 4 + (4/5).

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I think you are mis-interpreting the question. When It states she eats 1/5 of her candy canes, it means she eats 1/5 of the total that she has, not 1/5 of one particular candy cane.

Tony Flury - 5 years, 8 months ago
Prince Mishra
Jul 8, 2014

BECAUSE SHE HAS 5 CANDY AND SHE EATS ONLY ONE THEN LEFT ARE 4 SO 4 IS RIGHT ANS

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calm down.

mathh mathh - 6 years, 10 months ago

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calm down haha

Brady Adams - 6 years, 9 months ago

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woops meant to reply to prince mishra

Brady Adams - 6 years, 9 months ago
Sean Criddle
Aug 20, 2014

1/5 is 1 out of 5 so 5 -1 = 4

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Fares Salem
Jun 21, 2014

Julia has 5 candies, she ate 1/5 from them which equals 1 candy so she has 4 left

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