you and a friend are collecting leaves.In your collection of 45 leaves, 4 are oak leaves. In your friend's collection of 36 leaves, 3 are oak leaves. Whose collection has a greater fraction of oak leaves?
how do i convert it into a fraction?
The fractions are 4/45 and 3/36. Fraction means part divided by the whole.
oh i see
thank you
To make it even clearer, you can convert both fractions to the same denominator, but that involves some big numbers.
Let's try estimating.
4/45 = just under 4/44 or 1/11
3/36 = 1/12
1/11 is a smaller fraction than 1/12
Odd, Im in seventh and I have that EXACT same problem in my math book... plus I have NO idea who you are, and im the first person to use this mathe book, coinc-adinc or not???
Duhhh all seventh graders get this problem
I have the exact same problem
ya i got it too
Omg I have the same problem in my math book. I'm also in 7th grade. I don't understand it
Yep,I’m in 7th grade and have this problem...
To convert the number of oak leaves into a fraction, you need to compare it to the total number of leaves in each collection and express it as a ratio.
In your collection, you have a total of 45 leaves, and 4 of them are oak leaves. To convert this into a fraction, you can write it as 4/45. This means that your collection has 4 oak leaves out of a total of 45 leaves.
In your friend's collection, there are 36 leaves, and 3 of them are oak leaves. To convert this into a fraction, you can write it as 3/36. This means that your friend's collection has 3 oak leaves out of a total of 36 leaves.
Now, to determine whose collection has a greater fraction of oak leaves, you can compare the fractions. You can do this by simplifying the fractions to their simplest form. In this case, you can simplify both fractions by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 1 in this case.
So, the simplified fraction for your collection is also 4/45, and the simplified fraction for your friend's collection is 1/12.
Comparing these simplified fractions, you can see that 4/45 is smaller than 1/12. Therefore, your friend's collection has a greater fraction of oak leaves.