Question

2. Ms. Groves has trays of paints for students in her

art class. Each tray has 5 colors. One of the colors
is purple. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is
purple?




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Answer 1

`Fraction = (1)/(5)`

Explanation:

Given

`Trays = 20`

`Each\ Tray = 5\ colors`

`Each\ set = 1\ Purple`

Required

Fraction of purple in 20 trays

If there are 20 trays, then the total colors is:

`Colors= 20 * 5`

`Colors= 100`

This also means that, there are 20 purple colors in the set (i.e. 20 trays * 1 purple)

So, the fraction of purple color is:

`Fraction = (Purple)/(Total)`

`Fraction = (20)/(100)`

`Fraction = (1)/(5)`