Question

On Dan’s eReader 2/3 of the books are fiction. Of the fiction books, 4/5 are mysteries. What fraction of the books on Dan’s eReader are mysteries?

Answer 1

8/15

Explanation:

Of The fiction books is a key word telling us to multiply 2/3 x 4/5 because OF when using fractions means that you multiply. So to multiply you just multiply the numerators and denominators to get 2 x 4 = 8 and 3 x 5 = 15, which is 8/15.

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