Question

on a cruise of 1125 passangers,450 were female. what fraction in its lowest terms

Answer 1

Answer:

Here;

Given, total passengers in the cruise ship = 1125

& female passengers from total = 450

So,

fraction of femal passengers = (female passengers) / (total passengers)

= 450/1125

= 2/5 (ANS.)

Answer 2

Given,

Total passengers = 1125,

Females = 450.

To find,

The Fraction in its lowest form

Solution,

To find what fraction of the total passengers is the number of females on the cruise, we just need to divide the two as follows.

Fraction = Female passengers ÷ Total passengers

So, the required fraction will be,

$\frac{450}{1125}$

Now, a fraction is said to be in its simplest form when the numerator and the denominator don't have any common factor except 1.

Now, the fraction in its simplest form will be

$\frac{450}{1125} =\frac{2}{5} .$

Therefore the number of females as a fraction of total passengers will be $\frac{2}{5} .$