Celeste is making fruit baskets for her service club to take to a local hospital. The directions say to fill the boxes using 5 apples for every 6 oranges. Celeste is filling her baskets with 2 apples for every 3 oranges.
Complete the tables to find equivalent fractions
Apples 5 _ _
Oranges 6 _ _
Apples 2 _ _
Oranges 3 _ _
Please help me I have never done this before
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starting with 5/6,
multiply both top and bottom by the same number, such as 3:
5/6 = 15/18
Now fill in the other blanks.
How would in know what to mutiply by for the second table?
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Celeste is making fruit baskets for her service club to take to a local hospital. The directions say to fill the boxes using 5 apples for every 6 oranges. Celeste is filling her baskets with 2 apples for every 3 oranges.
Complete the tables to find equivalent fractions
5_ _ _
6_ _ _
No problem! I'll be happy to help you with this. To find equivalent fractions, you'll need to multiply or divide both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number. This allows you to create a fraction that represents the same quantity, but with different numbers.
In the first table, where the original ratio is 5 apples for every 6 oranges, we need to find equivalent fractions with different numerators. Let's multiply both the numerator and denominator of the original fraction by the same number in order to do this.
If we multiply the numerator (5) by 2, we get 10. So the first equivalent fraction is 10 apples for every 6 oranges. Similarly, multiplying the numerator by 3 gives us 15 apples for every 6 oranges.
The completed first table would look like this:
Apples: 5, 10, 15
Oranges: 6, 6, 6
Now let's move on to the second table. The original ratio in this case is 2 apples for every 3 oranges. Again, we want to find equivalent fractions with different numerators.
If we multiply the numerator (2) by 2, we get 4. So the first equivalent fraction is 4 apples for every 3 oranges. Similarly, multiplying the numerator by 3 gives us 6 apples for every 3 oranges.
The completed second table would look like this:
Apples: 2, 4, 6
Oranges: 3, 3, 3
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
How did you find out to multiply the numbers by 3?
It does not matter!
Pick any number you like. Just be sure to use it both top and bottom.
I know you have trouble with math, but I was hoping you could understand English...