Question

In a marble collection, 1/8 of the marbles are blue. Of the blue marbles, 1/2 have sparkles. What fraction of the marbles in the collection are blue with sparkles?

A. 1/12
B. 4
C. 1/16
D. 5/8

Answer 1

1/16

Explanation:

if half the amount of blue marbles have sparkles you need to divide the amount of blue marbles in half

so 1/2 of 1/8 is 1/16