Question

1 /6 of a pile of marbles are red ones, and out of those red marbles 3 /4 of them are big marbles. What fraction of the entire pile is made up of big red marbles? Remember to simplify your answer!

Answer 1

`(3)/(24)`=
`(1)/(8)`

Explanation:

To get the answer we divide
`(1)/(6)` by 4 to get the common fraction of
`(1)/(24)`. Finally we multiply
`(1)/(24)` by 3 to get the answer:
`(3)/(24)`.