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

In a garden there are 36 flowers, 19 \frac{1}{9} of which are white, while the rest are red.

How many white flowers are there in the garden?

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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

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In a garden there are 36 flowers, 19 \frac{1}{9} of which are white, while the rest are red.

How many white flowers are there in the garden?

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First multiply the fraction by the number of flowers:

19×36 \frac{1}{9}\times36

Then multiply the numerator by 36:

1×369=369 \frac{1\times36}{9}=\frac{36}{9}

Next, divide both the numerator and denominator by 9:

36:99:9 \frac{36:9}{9:9}

Therefore:

41=4 \frac{4}{1}=4

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