Question

Jing is helping the kindergarten teacher put together bags of crayons. Each bag has 4 crayons, and 1/4 of the crayons in each bag are green. What fraction of the crayons in 3 bags are green? (A.) 3/12 (B.) 3/4 (C.) 4/3 (D.) 12/3

Answer 1

A)
`(3)/(12)`

Explanation:

Given:

Jing is helping the kindergarten teacher put together bags of crayons.

Each bag has 4 crayons, and 1/4 of the crayons in each bag are green.

What fraction of the crayons in 3 bags are green?

Solution:

1 bag contains number of crayons = 4

1 bag contains number of green crayons =
`(1)/(4) \ of\ 4 = (1)/(4)*4=1`

Total number of bags = 3

Total number of crayons in 3 bags = 4
`*` 3 = 12

1 bag contains number of green crayons = 1

Total number of green crayons in 3 bags = 1
`*` 3 = 3

Fraction of the green crayons out of total = 3 out of 12 =
`(3)/(12)`

Therefore, fraction of the crayons in 3 bags are green are
`(3)/(12)`