A painting crew reported that a job is 35 completed. What fraction of the job remains to be done?

Question

how do you work this problem out 

Answer 1

If this is 35% complete that would be 35/100 of the job completed. To find what remains to be done this is solved by subtracting what has been completed from 100% or 100/100.

 

100/100- 35/100 = 65/100 or reduced 13/20.

 

13/20 is left to be done.