Question

Paul spelled 6 out of 16 words correctly on his spelling test. What fraction of the words did he misspell?

Answer 1

`(5)/(8)` is the fraction of the words did he misspell.

Explanation:

Number of word spelled correct = 6

Number of total word in spelling test = 16

Number of word spelled incorrect or misspelled = 16 - 6 = 10

Fraction of the words Paul misspell :

`(10)/(16)=(5)/(8)`

Answer 2

5/8 are spelled incorrectly

Explanation:

There are 16 words

He spelled 6 correctly

That means he spelled 16-6 = 10 incorrectly

The fraction spelled incorrectly is wrong/total

10/16

Simplify by dividing the top and bottom by 2

5/8