Eddy has1 blue ball,3 yellow balls, and 4green balls. What fraction of his balls are yellow?
how many balls total?
The fraction that are yellow is
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3 out a total of 8 are yellow.
How do you write that as a fraction?
To find the fraction of Eddy's balls that are yellow, we need to divide the number of yellow balls by the total number of balls. In this case, Eddy has a total of 1 + 3 + 4 = 8 balls.
The fraction of yellow balls can be calculated using the formula:
Fraction of yellow balls = Number of yellow balls / Total number of balls
Plugging in the values, we get:
Fraction of yellow balls = 3 / 8
Therefore, the fraction of Eddy's balls that are yellow is 3/8.