Question

Trever has 9 marbles.Two of them are blue and 3 are green. The rest of the marbles are red. What fraction of the marbles is red? A 2/9. B 3/9. C 4/9. Or D 5/9

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answer to your question is the letter C. 4/9

Explanation:

Data

Total number of marbles = 9

Number of blue marbles = 2

Number of green marbles = 3

Number of red marbles = ?

Process

1.- Calculate the number of red marbles

Number of red marbles = 9 - 2 - 3

Number of red marbles = 9 - 5

Number of red marbles = 4

2.- Divide the number of red marbles by the total number

4/9