Out of every 142 containers of juice bought in a grocery store, 56 are orange juice. What fraction of juice purchased is orange juice?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2016

#56/142 = 28/71#

Explanation:

Remember that a "fraction" means "a part of a whole".

In this case the #142# containers represent the "whole" because that is the total of all the containers bought.

Of the total, #56# are orange juice.

The fraction is therefore #56/142#

Fractions are always put into simplest form.

#(56div2)/(142div2) = 28/71#