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Monsters University - We Like Cake

Adapted from tomstinson / Monsters University - Math isn't Scary



Mike and Sulley were sharing a big black forest cake. The cake was sliced into 8 equal pieces. Mike had 2⁄8 of the whole cake and Sulley had 3⁄8 of the whole cake.

How many pieces of the cake were left?
1
2
3
4
 


Aligned with Common Core:
4.NF.3 - Understand fractions (fundamentals, addition and subtraction)

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First, figure out how many pieces Mike and Sulley each had based on the fractions given.

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Math isn't as scary as monsters after all. Aligns with Common Core Math 4.NF.3 (understanding fractions).

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