Use this model to calculate
3
8
×
2
6
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A grid is shown with 8 rows and 6 columns. The top 2 rows are colored blue. The left 3 columns are textured. These colors and textures overlap on 6 cells indicated by the first 3 columns of the top two rows.
A.
16
18
B.
13
24
C.
6
48
D.
5
48
To calculate 3/8 × 26 using the grid model, we need to find the number of cells that have both the blue color and the textured pattern. From the grid, we can see that there are 6 cells that satisfy this condition.
Then, we multiply the number of such cells (6) by the total number of cells in the grid (8 × 6 = 48) to get the numerator of our answer:
6 × 48 = 288
The denominator is simply the total number of cells in the grid, which is 48.
So our final answer is:
3/8 × 26 = 288/48 = 6