Question

19. You have 15 pencils in your pencil case.1/5 of the pencils are green.

How many are not green?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

You have 15 pencils in your pencil case.1/5 of the pencils are green. How many are not green?

= 1 - 1/5

= 5/5 - 1/5

= 4/5

This means that 4/5 of the 15 pencils are not green. So:

4/5 * 15 = 12 pencils are not green.