Leslie uses half of her butter to make a pie and then uses a quarter of the remaining butter to make the cupcakes. 2 cups of butter sre left, how much did

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Answer 1

2 cups are left

That is 3/4 of what she had after the pie.

That is 8/3 cup

That is half of what she started with.

That is 16/3 or 5 1/3 cup

 

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Start 16/3

Half to pie, 8/3

One-quarter of that is 2/3

8/3 - 2/3 = 6/3 or 2