Question

At the clothing store, 1/8 of the clothes are shirts. Of the shirts 1/4 are green. What fraction of the clothing in the store are green shirts?​

Answer 1

1/32

Explanation:

So we know that green shirts can be represented by 1/4 of 1/8. It's 1/4 of the 1/8 of shirts in the store. The key word here is "of," which means multiplication.

So you can replace 1/4 of 1/8 with:

`(1)/(4) x (1)/(8)`

To multiply fractions, it's really simple: multiply the denominator with the denominator and the numerator with the numerator.

`(1)/(4) x (1)/(8) = (1)/(32)`

So 1/32 of the entire store is green shirts.