Question

Mrs. Bailey is knitting a striped blanket for her granddaughter. She made of the blanket pink, of the blanket green, and the rest

of the blanket was white. Which fraction represents the white part of the blanket?
A) 3/4 of the blanket
B) 5/8 of the blanket
C) 1/2 of the blanket
D) 3/8 of the blanket

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Answer 1

D

Explanation:

I got it on my test

Answer 2

D) 3/8 of the blanket

Explanation:

Adding up the pink and green parts, then subtracting it from 1 would yield the white area. Finding a common denominator gives: 2/8 + 3/8 which is 5/8. So 5/8 of the blanket is not white meaning that 3/8 of the blanket is white.