Nisha had 12 baloons-2yellow,3orange,4red,3 purple. what fraction of her balloons was not yellow?

I don't know how Hazel got 24 balloons. I see only 12.

2/12 = 1/6

well, there are 24 balloons total to choose from...and 2 of those balloons are yellow. So....

2/24
If necessary, reduce the the fraction to its simplest form.
I'll let YOU try to do that part on your own :-)

Steps:

Find the numbber of all balloons total

Find the number of balloons being chosen

# of chosen balloons/ # balloons total
Answer:
2/24 is reduced to 1/12

it also said, what fraction of her balloons was not yellow?

10 were not yellow ---> 10/12 = 5/6

To find the fraction of balloons that were not yellow, we need to determine the total number of balloons that Nisha had and subtract the number of yellow balloons.

In this case, Nisha had a total of 12 balloons, and out of those, she had 2 yellow balloons.

To find the fraction, we calculate:

Non-yellow balloons / Total balloons

Non-yellow balloons = Total balloons - Yellow balloons
Non-yellow balloons = 12 - 2 = 10

Fraction of balloons that were not yellow = Non-yellow balloons / Total balloons
Fraction of balloons that were not yellow = 10 / 12

Therefore, the fraction of Nisha's balloons that were not yellow is 10/12.

OOPS! Thanks, Reiny.