Calculate 1/9 of 36: Finding White Flowers in a Garden

Question

In a garden there are 36 flowers, $\frac{1}{9}$ of which are white, while the rest are red.

How many white flowers are there in the garden?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 How many white flowers are in the garden?

00:03 The given ratio of white flowers

00:07 Multiply this ratio by the total flowers to find the number of white flowers

00:10 Move the product to the numerator

00:15 Reduce the fraction, make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:28 Any number divided by 1 is always equal to itself

00:32 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

First multiply the fraction by the number of flowers:

$\frac{1}{9}\times36$

Then multiply the numerator by 36:

$\frac{1\times36}{9}=\frac{36}{9}$

Next, divide both the numerator and denominator by 9:

$\frac{36:9}{9:9}$

Therefore:

$\frac{4}{1}=4$

Answer

$4$

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