Question

gina has 48 stickers 3/8 of the stickers have pictures of flowers. 1/8 of the stickers have pictures with plants. the rest of the stickers have pictures of people. how many stickers have pictures of people? explain your work​

Answer 1

24 stickers of people

Explanation:

you have 48 stickers in total, therefore make the denominator equal 48 by muliplying each fraction by 6/6

3/8 x 6/6 = 18/48

1/8 x 6/6 = 6/48

add those together to get the total stickers without people

18/48 + 6/48 = 24/48

this means half don't have people

then you can subract that number from the total and you will find the stickers with pictures of people

48/48 - 24/48

24/48

Answer 2

24 stickers have picture of people

Explanation:

Total number of sticker = 48

3/8 of the stickers have pictures of flowers

I.e 3/8 of the total number of stickers

3/8 x 48 = 18 stickers

18 stickers have pictures of flowers

1/8 of the stickers have pictures with plants

I.e 1/8 of the total number of stickers

1/8 x 48 = 6 stickers

6 stickers have pictures with plants

The rest of the stickers have pictures of people.

i.e

Stickers with pictures of people = total number of sticker - (number of stickers with pictures of flowers + number of stickers have pictures of plants)

Stickers with pictures of people = 48 - ( 18 + 6 )

Stickers with pictures of people = 48 - 24

Stickers with pictures of people = 24 stickers