Melissa poured 1/4 can of syrup into a bowl. She spilled 1/5 of the syrup into a bowl that was left of the can. What fraction of the original can of syrup was left in the can?
To make this easier we can convert the fractions to whole numbers and then back. Lets have 100 represent the can. 1/4 = .25 so we will convert it to 25 100 - 25 = 75 1/5 of 75 is 15 75 - 15 = 60 60/100 = 6/10 = 3/5
