Question

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans.Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts.what fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans red shirts? Show your work

Answer 1

2/9
because
2/3 are blue
2/6 or 1/3 are red/blue
You would multiply to get 2/9 since 2*1=2 and 3*3=9

Answer 2

Given Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans

.Or
`(2)/(3)` Of students wear blue Jeans.

Number of students wearing red shirts is Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans .

Number of students wearing red shirts =
`(2)/(6) of(2)/(3)`

Simplifying we have:

`(2)/(6) of(2)/(3) =(4)/(18) = (2)/(9)`

Fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans red shirts =
`(2)/(9)`