Question

John had 56 marbles in his bag . He gave have 3/8 of them . How many did he Have left?

Answer 1

Answer:

So 3/8 is the amount we have to share between 7 people equally.

When sharing between a number of people equally. You always divide by the number of people. (e.g. 14 sweets shared between 7 people equally would be 14/7 = 2/1 = 2)

So for this we have to divide 3/8 by 7.

7 can be written as 7/1 so that it will be easier to see

3/8 ÷ 7/1

= 3/8 × 1/7 (when dividing fractions always swap the last fraction around)

= 3 × 1 (on the top) 8 × 7 (on the bottom)

3 × 1 = 3

8 × 7 = 56

= 3/56 and that is the answer because you cannot simplify the answer anymore.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Answer:15 marbles are their with him