Question

Karen colors in squares on a grid.She colored of 1/8 the squares blue and 5/8 of the squares red .What fraction of the squares are not colored in?

Answer 1

2/8

Step-by-step explanation:

since karen colored in 1/8 and 5/8 you add the numerators to get 6/8 you subtract the 8/8 the whole grid from 6/8 to get 2/8

step 1. 1/8 + 5/8 = 6/8

step 2. 8/8 -6/8 = 2/8

2/8 is your answer

Answer 2

The fraction is 1/4.

Explanation:

Let x be the total number of squares in the grid,

Since, 1/8th squares are colored blue and 5/8th of the squares colored red,

So, the number of blue colored squares =
`(x)/(8)`,

And, the number of red colored squares =
`(5x)/(8)`

Thus, the total number of colored squares =
`(x)/(8)+(5x)/(8)`

`=(6x)/(8)`

Now, the number of squares that are not colored = Total squares - Colored squares

`=x-(6x)/(8)`

`=(8x-6x)/(8)`

`=(2x)/(8)`

`=(x)/(4)`

`\text{The fraction of squares that are not colored}=\frac{\text{Uncolored squares}}{\text{Total squares}}`

`=(x/4)/(x)`

`=(1)/(4)`

Hence, 1/4 squares are not colored.