Question

A 2-dozen carton of eggs has 18 remaining. Write this as a fraction in simplest form.

a) 1/8
b) 3/4
c) 3/8
d) 1/4

Answer 1

From a 2-dozen carton with 18 remaining eggs, the fraction representing the remaining eggs is 18/24, which simplifies to 3/4.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking to represent the number of remaining eggs from a 2-dozen carton as a fraction in its simplest form. Since one dozen is equal to 12 eggs, two dozen would be 24 eggs. When 18 eggs are remaining, this means 18 out of 24 eggs are left. To express this as a fraction, we write 18/24.

This fraction can be simplified by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 6 in this case. When we divide both 18 and 24 by 6, we get 3/4. Therefore, the fraction representing the remaining eggs is 3/4, which corresponds to option (b).