Question

Ben has 26 cousins. Sixteen of the cousins are female. What fraction of the cousins are male?

Answer 1

Answer: 5/13 of the cousins are male.

Explanation:

If there are 26 cousins and sixteen are female, then subtract 16 from the total to find how many are male then divide it by the total.

26 - 16 = 10 so 10 of them are male.

10/26 = simplifies to 5/13

Check:

`(5)/(13)*(26)/(1)` =
`(130)/(13)` = 10

Answer 2

5/13 is the fraction of cousins that are male.