Danny's mom ate 1/6 of an ice cream cake. Danny and his sister want to split the remainder of it. Ho

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    Danny's mom ate 1/6 of an ice cream cake. Danny and his sister want to split the remainder of it. How much of the cake would each get?

    If Danny's mom ate 1/6 of the cake, then we have:
    1 - 1/6 of the cake left.

    We use our fraction subtraction calculator for 1 - 1/6 to get:
    5/6

    If Danny and his sister split the remainder, then we divide 5/6 by 2. It's also the same as multiplying 5/6 by 1/2:
    We use our fraction multiplication calculator to get:
    5/12 for Danny and his sister
     

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