Question

There are a dozen eggs in a basket. 4 are white. The rest are brown. Tell what fraction of the eggs are brown. The write the fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

Out of a dozen eggs, with 4 being white, the fraction that represents the brown eggs is 8/12. Simplified, this fraction is 2/3.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking us to find what fraction of the eggs are brown if there are 4 white eggs out of a dozen in a basket. Since there are 12 eggs in a dozen, and we know 4 are white, we can subtract the 4 white eggs from the total to find out how many are brown.

12 eggs (total) - 4 white eggs = 8 brown eggs.

Therefore, the fraction of the basket that contains brown eggs is 8/12. To simplify this fraction, we look for the greatest common divisor of both the numerator (8) and the denominator (12), which is 4. Dividing both by 4, we get:

8 ÷ 4 = 2

12 ÷ 4 = 3

So the fraction of the eggs that are brown in simplest form is 2/3.

Answer 2

8/12

Step-by-step explanation:

a dozen means 12 eggs. if 4 are white then remaining 8 are brown