Question

Anitra has 12 hair ribbons. One fourth of the ribbons are pink. Three are purple, and the rest are red. What fraction of Anitra's hair ribbons is red?

Answer 1

Pink ribbons are 3 ( 12:4)
3 pink + 3 purple =6 (together)
12-6 = 6(red)
Fraction is 6/12 simplify 1/2 the answer is one half (1/2)