Fraction word problems
Episode 4 of 8
Boys at the zoo
The question
4/7 of the people who were at the zoo were adults. The rest were children. 2/3 of the children were girls. What fraction of the total number of people were boys?
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Answer
1/7
The big idea
The children are 3 of the 7 parts. 2 parts are girls, so 1 part is boys.
