I'm having trouble with working a problem out and need to see how to solve. The question reads as follow: Mark has 24 baseball cards. He says that 8/24 are pitchers, 5/24 are catchers, and the rest are fielders. What fraction below represents the difference between the number of fielders and catchers?

A. 5/24. B. 6/24. C. 8/24. D. 13/24

Well, first you have to find out how many are fielders. If 8 are pitchers and 5 are catchers, then the rest are fielders. Simply subtract 8 and 5 from 24.

Then you take that number and subtract 5 from it. (Since difference means to subtract. And you're looking for the difference between catchers and fielders.)

In other words, the answer is B. Hopefully you saw how I got that.

Im a bit of confused aftr subtractng u were left wth 3 where did you get another 3 two make six

24-(8+5) = 24-13 = 11

11-5=6

where did you get 3?

mark has 24 baseball cards .he says that 8/24 are pitchers,5/24 are catchers and the rest fielders.what fraction below represents the difference between the number of fielders and catchers

To find the fraction that represents the difference between the number of fielders and catchers, we need to find the difference between the fractions.

First, let's find the fraction representing the number of fielders. Mark says that the rest of the cards (excluding the pitchers and catchers) are fielders. So, to find the fraction of fielders, we need to subtract the fractions representing the pitchers and catchers from 1 (since the total number of cards is divided into three parts: pitchers, catchers, and fielders).

1 - (8/24 + 5/24) = 1 - (13/24)

Now, we have the fraction representing the fielders, which is 11/24.

Next, let's find the fraction representing the difference between the number of fielders and catchers. We subtract the fraction representing the catchers (5/24) from the fraction representing the fielders (11/24):

11/24 - 5/24 = 6/24

Therefore, the answer is B. 6/24, which represents the difference between the number of fielders and catchers.

To summarize, the fraction that represents the difference between the number of fielders and catchers is found by subtracting the fraction representing the catchers from the fraction representing the fielders.