Cady's cats often share a carton of cat milk. Sammy always drinks 1/3 of the carton, tommy drinks 5/12 of the carton and Suzi drinks 1/6 of the carton. What fraction of the carton of cat milk is left over?

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Lana Cherry

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6 July, 20:07

Cady's cats often share a carton of cat milk. Sammy always drinks 1/3 of the carton, tommy drinks 5/12 of the carton and Suzi drinks 1/6 of the carton. What fraction of the carton of cat milk is left over?

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Draven · Answer 1

Start by making the denominators equal.

1/3 becomes 4/12

1/6 becomes 2/12

and you have 5/12.

Add together to get 10/12.

Once simplified, the answer should be 5/6.