Question

homeroom 101 and homeroom 102 share a hallway bulletin board. if homeroom 101 uses 3/5 of their half to display artwork, what fraction of the bulletin board is used to display homeroom 101 artwork

Answer 1

3/10

Explanation:

If homeroom 101 has 1/2 of the bulletin board, and 3/5 of their side is used.

To calculate the area that is using we multiply both values,

1/2 x 3/5 = 3/10

Which is our answer!