IF 20 COUNTERS ARE A WHOLE SET, WHAT FRACTION OF THE SET IS 16 COUNTERS?
Here's your fraction: 16/20
Reduce it to its lowest terms. We'll be glad to check your answer.
1/2
To determine the fraction of the set that 16 counters represent, we need to compare the number of counters we have (16) to the total number of counters in a whole set (20).
To find the fraction, we can set up a ratio of 16 to 20.
The ratio can be written as:
16 counters / 20 counters
To simplify this ratio to its simplest form, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4 in this case.
16 ÷ 4 = 4
20 ÷ 4 = 5
So, the simplified ratio is:
4 counters / 5 counters
Therefore, 16 counters represents 4/5 or 80% of the whole set.