23 of all your books are fiction. 16 of those are historical fiction.
What fraction of all your books are historical fiction?
Options: 1/9, 1/18, 1/3, 1/2
To determine the fraction of all your books that are historical fiction, you need to divide the number of historical fiction books (16) by the total number of books (23).
Therefore, the fraction of all your books that are historical fiction is 16/23.
None of the given options exactly matches this fraction. However, if you simplify the fraction 16/23, you will find that it is approximately equal to 1/2. So you can select 1/2 as the closest answer.
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