a group of students attend a math club half the students are boys and 4/9 of the boys have brown eyes what fraction of the group
2 answers:
From the whole group half the club are boys.
fraction of boys from the whole class = 1/2
from this fraction, 4/9th of the boys have brown eyes
therefore fraction of boys who have brown eyes
= 4/9 of 1/2
the 'of' function is used to multiply
when multiplying fractions numerators are multiplied by numerators and denominators multiplied by denominators
4/18 can be simplified by dividing the whole number by a common number
4/18 divided by 2 = 2/9
the answer is 2/9
2/9 of the club are boys with brown eyes
fraction of boys from the whole class = 1/2
from this fraction, 4/9th of the boys have brown eyes
therefore fraction of boys who have brown eyes
= 4/9 of 1/2
the 'of' function is used to multiply
when multiplying fractions numerators are multiplied by numerators and denominators multiplied by denominators
4/18 can be simplified by dividing the whole number by a common number
4/18 divided by 2 = 2/9
the answer is 2/9
2/9 of the club are boys with brown eyes
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