Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #7475: Fraction word problems 1 - What about Emily's slices?
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-01 18:25:06+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: ninja2021@gmail.com

The problem talks about two girls eating cake. The second sentence leaves out the information about the second girls' cake consumption. Consequently, the answer would be wrong for people because they just have to guess that the second girls cake consumption figures in the final answer.

[fraction_word_problems_1.html?seed=2&problem=show-first-want-left](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/fraction_word_problems_1.html?seed=2&problem=show-first-want-left&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/fraction_word_problems_1.html?seed=2&problem=show-first-want-left&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%225%2F8%5C%22%22%2C42%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C26%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C28%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C30%5D%2C%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%222%2F8%5C%22%22%2C61%5D%5D)

["5/8","2/8"]

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