Question

Maria read 5 upon 8 book consisting of 160 pages in one day her friend Alia has read 40 pages more than Maria find the number of pages read by area Express it as a fraction of the total number of pages in the book

Answer 1

Given:

• Maria read $\frac{5}{8}$ of a book with 160 pages in one day.

• Alia has read 40 pages more than Maria.

To find:

• The number of pages read by Alia.

• Fractional form of the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Maria has read $\frac{5}{8}$ of the book, then she read exactly

$\quad \frac{5}{8}\times 160$ pages

$=5\times 20$ pages

$=\bold{100}$ pages

Since Alia has read 40 pages more than Maria, then she has read exactly

$\quad (100+40)$ pages

$=\bold{140}$ pages

Here the required fractional form of the pages read by Alia is given by

$\quad\frac{\text{number of pages read}}{\text{total number of pages}}$

$=\frac{140}{160}$

$=\frac{14}{16}$

$=\frac{2\times 7}{2\times 8}$

$=\frac{7}{8}$ pages of the book

Answer:

Alia has read 140 pages and it is $\frac{7}{8}$ fraction of the book.