Joyce liked to share things with her neighbour.

Work out how much was left of each item after Joyce had given some of it to her neighbour.

Write your answer as a fraction.

a)       Joyce had 1\(1 \over 5\) boxes of washing powder and gave her neighbour  \(2 \over 5\) of a box.

 

          Joyce had __________ of a box left.

b)      Joyce had \(3 \over 4\) of a bag of cornflakes and gave her neighbour \(1 \over 8\) of a bag.

 

         Joyce had __________ of a bag left.

c)      Joyce had \(3 \over 5\) of a bar of chocolate and gave her neighbour \(1 \over 4\) of a bar.

 

         Joyce had __________ of a bar left.