Question

Ariel's English homework is to read `24` pages. She reads `1/8` of the assignment on the bus ride home. How many pages does she read on the bus?

Answer 1

`3` pages

Explanation:

If Ariel's English homework is to read `24` pages, and she reads `1/8` of it, you can multiply `24` by `1/8` to determine how many pages she read.

When you multiply `24` by `1/8`, you are finding `1/8` pages of `24`.

Thus:

`24xx1/8`

Since `24` and `8` can be divided by a common factor of `8`, their values can be reduced.

`=24color(red)(-:8)xx1/(8color(red)(-:8))`

`=3xx1/1`

`=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)3color(white)(a/a)|)))`

`:.`, she reads `3` pages on the bus.