Question

Johny ate $\frac{1}{4}$ of the blue-colored candies bought by his mother. How many blue candies are left if each section of the pie chart represents one candy?

• A. $\frac{8}{16}$
• B. $\frac{6}{16}$
• C. $\frac{8}{14}$
• D. $\frac{6}{15}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $\frac{6}{16}$

Total number of sections for blue candy $=3+5=8$
Number of blue candies $=$ Number of blue-colored sections $=8$
Candies eaten by Johnny $=\frac{1}{4}$ of the blue-colored candies $=\frac{1}{4}$ of $8$
$=\frac{1}{4}\times 8=\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{8}{1}=\frac{1\times 8}{4\times 1}=\frac{8}{4}=8÷4=2$
Number of blue candies left after eating $=8-2=6$ candies
Total number of sections in the pie chart $=16$
Fraction of blue candies left after eating $=\frac{6}{16}$