Gloria has a snowglobe collection. in it 1/2 of the collection are blue, 1/4 of the collection are green, 1/8 of the collection are purple, 1/16 of the collection are red and 4 are pink.
How many does she have of each color.
Thanks!! I really don't get please help!
2007-12-17 10:34:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You need a common denominator for the fractions, it's 16.
So 8/16 are blue, 4/16 are green, 2/16 are purple and 1/16 are red and that adds up to 15/16. So the remaining 1/16 must be the pink ones.
So 4 = 1/16 of the total and you multiply 4 by 16 = 64 for the total.. Then find the fractional part of 64 for each color.
2007-12-17 10:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 = (8 + 4 + 2 + 1) / 16 = 15/16
We can only solve this if there are no other colours, so pink = 4 = 1/16
So:
blue - 32
green - 16
purple - 8
red - 4
pink - 4
total - 64
2007-12-17 10:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that is all of the snow globes I think she has 64 snow globes. 4 are pink. 4 are red. 8 are purple, 16 are green and 32 are blue. Draw a circle graph to see it for yourself and color half blue, 1/4 green, 1/8 purple, 1/16 red and 1/16 pink.
2007-12-17 10:39:37 · answer #3 · answered by caring_funlovingteacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its 16
2007-12-17 10:45:04 · answer #4 · answered by blueshoes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/2 is 8 because it says out of 16 at the end
1/4 is quarter of that which is 4
2007-12-17 10:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋