QuestionList the fractions of red, blue, green, and yellow marbles from greatest to least for 60 total marbles. Explain your reasoning.

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

Assumptions1. There are60 marbles in total. . The fractions represent the proportions of different colored marbles in the bag.
3. We need to list the fractions from greatest to least.

STEP 2

First, we need to calculate the number of marbles of each color. We can do this by multiplying the total number of marbles by the fraction representing each color.
For red marbles $Red = Total\, marbles \\times Fraction\, of\, red\, marbles$ For blue marbles $Blue = Total\, marbles \\times Fraction\, of\, blue\, marbles$ For green marbles $Green = Total\, marbles \\times Fraction\, of\, green\, marbles$ For yellow marbles $Yellow = Total\, marbles \\times Fraction\, of\, yellow\, marbles$

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the total number of marbles and the fractions to calculate the number of marbles of each color.
For red marbles $Red =60 \\times \frac{1}{}$ For blue marbles $Blue =60 \\times \frac{2}{5}$ For green marbles $Green =60 \\times \frac{1}{12}$ For yellow marbles $Yellow =60 \\times \frac{}{15}$

STEP 4

Calculate the number of marbles of each color.
For red marbles $Red =60 \\times \frac{1}{4} =15$ For blue marbles $Blue =60 \\times \frac{2}{} =24$ For green marbles $Green =60 \\times \frac{1}{12} =$ For yellow marbles $Yellow =60 \\times \frac{4}{15} =16$

STEP 5

Now that we have the number of marbles of each color, we can list the fractions from greatest to least by comparing the number of marbles of each color.
The fractions from greatest to least are $\frac{2}{5}, \frac{4}{15}, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{1}{12}$ This is because the number of marbles corresponding to these fractions, from greatest to least, are $24,16,15,5$

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