Question

Stretch Your Thinking Ann arranges her marbles in groups, with 8 marbles in each group. She writes the fraction 5/8 to show the fraction of marbles in each group that is red. What equivalent fraction names the fraction of marbles in 6 groups that are Red? Explain.

Answer 1

Create an equivalent fraction with a factor of 6. 6 groups in literal terms means to multiply by 6. Please see the attached picture for the work. The answer is 30 red marbles.