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a class has 24 people and 1/6 of them have blue eues. what fraction of the class has blue eyes, using 24 as the denominator Blue eyes = 1/6 * 24 Blue Eyes = 24/6 Blue Eyes = 4 Since 6*4 = 24, we have: 24/6 * 4/4 = 96/24

Out of the 485 Cookies for the bake sale, 2/5 were chocolate chip. Estimate the number of chocolate chips We want 2/5 of 485. We type this in our search engine and we get; 194

You have 36 marbles that are red, white and blue. If 12 of the marbles are red, and 13 of the marbles are blue, what fraction of marbles are white? Calculate the number of white marbles: Number of white marbles = Total marbles - Red marbles - Blue marbles Number of white marbles = 36 - 12 - 13...

a landscaper buys 1 gallon of plant fertilizer. he uses 1/5 of the fertilizer, and then divides the rest into 3 smaller bottles. how many gallons does he put into each bottle? First, we find the remaining fraction of fertilizer after using 1/5. Using our fraction calculator, we see: 1 - 1/5 =...

jared bakes 2 apple pies. he cuts two pies into pieces. Each piece is 1/8 of a pie. Enter the number of pieces of pie jared cuts 1/8 of a pie per slice means there are 8 slices per pie 2 pies * 8 pieces per pie = 16 pieces

Angie knew 90% of the answers on a worksheet. What fraction of the answers did she know? We type 90% as a fraction into our search engine and we get: 9/10

If 2 is added to the numerator and denominator it becomes 9/10 and if 3 is subtracted from the numerator and denominator it become 4/5. Find the fractions. Convert 2 to a fraction with a denominator of 10: 20/2 = 10, so we multiply 2 by 10/10: 2*10/10 = 20/10 Add 2 to the numerator and...

Currently 16 out of every 25 American adults drink coffee every day. In a town with a population of 7900 adults, how many of these adults would you expect to drink coffee ever We'd multiply 16/25 times 7900: Using our fraction multiplication calculator by type 16/25 of 7900, we get: 5056

A bowl contains 45 oranges. If ⅔ of the oranges are bad; how many are good? Using our fraction operator calculator, we see that: 1 - 2/3 = 1/3 of the oranges are good. We want 1/3 of 45. Typing this expression into our search engine, we get: 15 good oranges

A survey of 2,000 doctors showed that an average of 3 out of 5 doctors use brand A aspirin. How many doctors use brand A aspirin? We want 3/5 of 2000. We type this expression into our search engine and we get: 1,200

About 3/5th of the registered voters participated in 2016 election. California has 25 million registered voters. Find the number of registered voters who participated in 2016 election. 3/5 of 25000000 = 15,000,000

15 of the 45 students have brown eyes. What fraction of the students have brown eyes? 15/45 can be simplified using our fraction simplify calculator: 1/3

A drawer is filled with 9 black shirts , 6 white shirts, and 5 gray shirts one shirt is chosen at random from the drawer find the probability that it is not a white shirt P(Not White) = P(Black or Gray) P(Black or Gray) = (Total Black + Total Gray)/Total Shirts P(Black or Gray) = (9 + 5)/(9 + 6...

Connie’s kindergarten class has 24 children. She wants them to get into 4 equal groups. How many children will she put in each group? We take 24 children divided by 4 equal groups = 24/4 24/4 = 6 children per group

A card is picked from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a black ace or a red queen. In a standard deck of 52 cards, we have: 2 black Aces with probability 2/52 = 1/26 using our fraction simplifier 2 red Queens with probability 2/52 = 1/26 using our fraction simplifier The...

A hill rises 60 ft for every horizontal 96 ft. Find the slope. Slope = Rise / Run Slope = 60/96 Using our fraction simplifier, we reduce 60/96 to 5/8

A cake is to be divided into 8 equal parts. After division, each equal portion is again divided into 2 equal individual parts. How big is each of the new equal parts? 1 cake * 8 parts * 2 parts = 16 parts. So each slice is 1/16 of a cake.

A Pairs of fair dice is tossed. What is the probability of not getting a sum 7 or 8? Not a 7 or 8 means 2 - 6 or 9 - 12 Using our 2-dice calculator, P(2 - 6) = 5/12 Using our 2-dice calculator, P(9 - 12) = 5/18 Since the sum could be either of these, we add probabilities: P(Not a 7 or 8) = P(2...

A spinner has 6 equal sections, of which 2 are green. If you spin the spinner once, what is the probability that it will land on a green section? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. P(green) = Total Green / Total spaces P(green) = 2/6 We can simplify this fraction. So we type 2/6...

6 red marbles 9 green marbles and 5 blue marbles two marbles are drawn without replacement what is the probability of choosing a green and then a blue marble First draw: there are 6 red + 9 green + 5 blue = 20 marbles We draw 9 possible green out of 20 total marbles = 9/20 Second draw: We...