Question

Christina sold raffle tickets at the school science fair. The pictograph

below shows how many tickets were bought by different types of people.
Number of Raffle
Tickets Bought
Women
Men
Girls
OC
Boys
Key:
= 5 tickets
What fraction of the total number of tickets was bought by girls?
1
5
A.
5
1
o
B.
4
O
2
C.
5
1
O
D.
2

Answer 1

A. 1/5

Explanation:

First off, ignore the "each one is five tickets" part, that's just there to confuse you. There are ten tickets total sold, of which two are sold to girls. You can express this as 2/10, which simplifies to 1/5.