Question

Maria baked forty-eight bran muffins for a bake sale. Ten of the muffins were sold in the first hour. What fraction in simplest form shows the portion of the muffins that were sold in the first hour?

ten forty-eighths

five twenty-fourths

five-twelfths

one-fourth

Answer 1

Total Muffins baked = 48...

and sold in 1st hour = 10..

So the fraction of the portion of the muffins that were sold in the first hour would be

what sold in a hour / total baked

10/ 48 = 5 /24 th...

Answer 2

thank you :D

Answer 3

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