Question

5) Roland has a basket of 24 fruits. If 3) out of 8 of these fruits are oranges, how many oranges are in Roland's basket? a) 5 b) 8 c) 9 d) 15​

Answer 1

[C] 9

Explanation:

Given:

Roland has a basket of 24 fruits. If 3 out of 8 of these fruits are oranges, how many oranges are in Roland's basket?

Solve:

" 3 out of 8 " is the same things as "⅜"

Therefore,

24 × ⅜

Now solving 24 × ⅜:

24 is the same as 24/1 since 24 divided by 1 is 24.

Hence, the problem will be like this:

`(24)/(1)*(3)/(8)`

Multiply the numerators together (24 x 3 = 72) and multiply the denominators together (1 x 8 = 8) and make it into one fraction like so:

`(72)/(8)`

Now we have to find the GCF: GCF = Greatest Common Factor;

The greatest common factor of 72 and 8 is 8.

Dividing the numerator and the denominator by its greatest common factor to get:

`(9)/(1)`

Convert the improper fraction above to a whole number to get the answer:

`(9)/(1)=9`

Hence, there are 9 oranges in Roland's basket.

As a result, [C] 9 is the correct answer.

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Answer 2

The answer would be C or 9.

Explanation:

Figure out how many times 8 can fit into 24.(That would be 3 times) Then multiply 3 by the number of times 8 fit into 24 and get to your answer! (Please let me know if I am wrong)