Answer: b) 5/18 c) 5
b. You have a table that says 1-6 x 1-6 multiply 6x6 to get 36, that is your total number of squares. This number will also be our denominator.
Now you need to count the number of 1s (just the blue ones). You have 10 number 1s. This will be our numerator.
Let’s combine our two numbers into a fraction. Our numerator of 10 and denominator of 36 = 10/36
We need to simplify this number since it is not in its smallest possible form. A number that will factor into both 10 and 36 is 2.
After dividing both the top and bottom by 2 we get a simplified fraction of 5/18. This is our answer.
Part C.
First thing to know is that we already have the denominator of these fractions, it’s 36 all of the fractions we find will use the denominator 36.
Let’s start with 2, we have 8/36 which simplifies to 2/9
Next, 3: we have 6/36 which simplifies to 1/6
Next 4: we have 4/36 which simplifies to 1/9
Next 5: we have 2/36 which simplifies to 1/18
So it looks like the number 5 is the one that will simplify to become our answer!