Question

in the word mathematics what fraction of the letters are consonants

Answer 1

In this word, the fraction of consonants is 7 / 11.

Answer 2

The fraction of the consonants in the word 'mathematics' is 7/11.

EXPLANATION:

The given word is - mathematics

There are a total of 11 letters in the word, of which 4 (a, e, a, i) are vowels and 7 (m, t, h, m, t, c, s) are consonants.

Thus the fraction of the consonants in the word 'mathematics' is

= number of consonants in the word / total number of letters in the word

= 7/11

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