Leena bakes a loaf of bread. She eats 1/8 of the loaf and gives 1/6 of it to each of her three friends. What fraction of the loaf of bread is left?

Question

Leena bakes a loaf of bread. She eats 1/8 of the loaf and gives 1/6 of it to each of her three friends. What fraction of the loaf of bread is left?

Answer 1

1/8 is consumed, and three times 1/6 is given away, so the total that is gone is 1/8 + 1/2 which is 5/8.

Therefore 3/8 of the original loaf remain.