Question

Jonas has 40 marbles. He gave 1/5 of the marbles to marvin and 3/8 of the marbles to leroy. How many marbles did each boy get?

Answer 1

Just multiply all both fraction with 40, hence u will get

Marvin=1/5 x 40=8
Leroy=3/8 x 40=15
Jonah will have 17 marbles left.

Answer 2

1/5 x 40

= 8 marbles

3/8 x 40

= 15 marbles