Question

On the dietitians beverage tray are 16 filled six ounce glasses. Four glasses contain prune juice and two glasses contain apple juice. What fractional part of the glasses contain some other beverage?( perhaps, H2O) than prune juice and apple juice?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{5}{8}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total number of glasses = 16

Number of glasses containing prune juice = 4

Number of glasses containing apple juice = 2

To find:  fractional part of the glasses that contain beverages ( perhaps, H2O) other than prune juice and apple juice

Solution:

A fraction refers to the parts of a whole. In a fraction, a top number is the numerator, and a bottom number is the denominator.

Number of glasses that contain beverages ( perhaps, H2O) other than prune juice and apple juice = 16 - 4 - 2 = 10

Total number of glasses = 16

So,

Fractional part of the glasses that contain beverages ( perhaps, H2O) other than prune juice and apple juice = $\frac{10}{16}=\frac{5}{8}$