Pumpkin weight 16 kg. An eighth of this pumpkin was used to make porridge. How many kilograms of pumpkin are left?

To answer the question of the problem, you need to know how much pumpkin was used to make porridge.

1). Find out how many kilograms of pumpkin were used to make porridge.

16/8 = 2 kilograms.

Let’s answer the question of the problem.

2). Let’s determine how many kilograms of pumpkin are left.

16 – 2 = 14 kilograms.

Answer: There are fourteen kilograms of pumpkin left.



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