Questions: A bowl holds the 10 pieces of fruit shown below.
If Jasmine writes the fraction of fruit that are apples and does not reduce the fraction, which of the following would be the numerator of the fraction?
10 6/10 6
Transcript text: A bowl holds the 10 pieces of fruit shown below.
If Jasmine writes the fraction of fruit that are apples and does not reduce the fraction, which of the following would be the numerator of the fraction?
10 $\frac{6}{10}$ 6
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Count the total number of fruits
There are 10 pieces of fruit in total.
Step 2: Count the number of apples
There are 6 apples.
Step 3: Determine the numerator
The question asks for the numerator of the fraction of fruit that are apples. Since there are 6 apples out of 10 total fruits, the fraction would be 6/10. The numerator is 6.