a bowl of fruit has 3 strawberries, 2 banannas and 1 apple. what fraction of the fruit is banannas?
2/6 = 1/3
To calculate the fraction of the fruit that is bananas, we need to know the total number of fruits in the bowl. In this case, we have a bowl that contains three strawberries, two bananas, and one apple.
To compute the fraction, we divide the number of bananas by the total number of fruits: 2 (bananas) รท 6 (total fruits).
The simplified fraction is 1/3, or one-third. Therefore, one-third of the fruits in the bowl are bananas.