in a box of 24 beads, ten are white and eight are red. the rest of the beads are blue . calculate the fraction of the of the beads that are blue.
There are a total of 24 beads in the box. Ten of them are white, eight are red, so the number of blue beads can be calculated as:
24 - 10 (white) - 8 (red) = 6 blue beads
Therefore, the fraction of beads that are blue can be calculated as:
6 blue beads / 24 total beads = 3/12 = 1/4
So, one-fourth of the beads in the box are blue.