Question

Three boys brought 8 cricket cards so that they can share a complete collection. Noel paid for 1/2 of the collection, Whitley and cookie paid 1/4 of the collection each. Home many cards does Whitley directly own? Shade in the cards below.

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Answer 1

Whitley owns 2 of the cards

Explanation:

In math "of" means to multiply. So Whitley owns 1/4 the collection meaning we multiply 1/4 by 8 to find how how many he owns. When multiplying fractions multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. We can give 8 a denominator of 1 since anything divided by 1 is just itself. So

1/4 times 8/1=8/4=2

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