Question

Lisa has 35 tickets for games

at a carnival. She used 1/5 of
her tickets to play a game.
How many tickets did she
use?

Answer 1

7 tickets

Explanation:

So there are 2 ways you can solve this problem:

Method 1:

I multiplied 35 by 1/5 (35/1 × 1/5) and got 7

Method 2:

I divided 35 by 5 (the denominator of the fraction) and got 7