There are 16 students playing kickball. Two students leave to go play hopscotch. How do you write the fraction of children left

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larisa [96]

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There are 16 students playing kickball. Two students leave to go play hopscotch. How do you write the fraction of children left

on the kickball field in lowest terms.

Mathematics

1 answer:

olga55 [171] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-08T06:55:54+03:00

olga55 [171]3 years ago

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Answer:

7/8

Step-by-step explanation:

When 16 students are playing kickball, there are 16/16 students on the field. After 2 leave, this becomes 16-2/16, therefore 14/16 which is divisible by 2. and therefore 7/8, which the numerator and denominator have no common divisors.