Question

One ninth of the students on Mr. becks class list red as their favorite color twice as many students call blue and three times as many students prefer pink the rest name green as their color what fraction of the students say green or pink is their favorite color

Answer 1

1/9 times 2 = 2/9 (2/9 students favorite color is blue)
1/9 times 3 = 3/9 (3/9 students favorite color is pink)
1/9 + 2/9 + 3/9 = 6/9 (this leaves 3/9 of students left that like green)

3/9 + 3/9 = 6/9

Answer:
Therefore 6/9 of students like pink and green