A chef prepared five tortes for a dinner party. The guests consumed 2 5/16 tortes. How many tortes are left

Let us first write down all the information's already given in the question.

Number of tortes prepared by the chef for the dinner party = 5

Number of tortes consumed by the guests = 2 5/16

= 37/16

Then

Number of tortes left = 5 - (37/16)

= (80 - 37) / 16

= 43/16

= 2 11/16

So 2 11/16 tortes are left after the guests consumed 2 5/16 tortes from a total of 5 tortes. I hope the procedure for doing this problem is clear to you.

5 - 2 5/16 = 2 11/16 tortes left