Word fraction help for 5th grader

Question

Moussa delivered 3/8 of the papers on his route in the first hour and 4/5 of the rest in the second hour.What fraction of the newspapers did Moussa deliver in the second hour?

Answer 1

Hi,

Moussa delivered 3/8 of the papers on his route in the first hour and 4/5 of the rest in the second hour. What fraction of the newspapers did Moussa deliver in the second hour?

Given:

1. 3/8 of total papers delivered 1st hour
2. 4/5 of what was left the 2nd hour (Key here is the 4/5 are of what was left)

Find: What fraction (of the original amount) was delivered the 2nd hour

The first hour 3/8 of the Total were delivered

That means that The Total (8/8) - 3/8 were left

8/8 - 3/8 = 5/8 of the total were left.

The 2nd hour, 4/5 of what was left were delivered

4/5 of 5/8 were delivered (In math of means times)

4/5 x 5/8 = 1/2

So 1/2 of the original amount were delivered the 2nd hour