Question

A college is holding a fund and plans to use 1/2 of the money collected to build a new library. Of this money, 2/5 will go towards purchasing computers. What fraction of the fund’s money will go towards purchasing computers for the library?
A. 5/8
B. 1/5
C. 3/8
D. 2/5

Answer 1

Answer:

b) 1/5

Step-by-step explanation:

What this problem is trying to convey is:

2/5 of 1/2

Since we know 'of' is just a placeholder for multiplication, we can replace 'of' with the multiplication sign.

2/5 x 1/2

Now we multiply the numerators by each other and the denominators by each other.

2 x 1 = 2

5 x 2 = 10

The product of the numerators will be the numerator for our new fraction and the product of the denominator will be the denominator for our new fraction.

2/10

Simplify:

1/5

SO

The answer is b) 1/5