Question

Ram has 50 marbles, and he decided to give one-fifth of the total marbles to Shyam. How many marbles did Shyam get?

• A. 10
• B. 20
• C. 30
• D. 40

Answer 1

The correct option is A 10

The number of marbles that Ram has in the begining is 50.
The fraction of marbles Ram decided to give Shyam is $=\frac{1}{5}$
To find out how many marbles Shyam received, we need to multiple the total number of marbles with the fraction of marbles given to him.

So, the total number of marbles Shyam got is $=\frac{1}{5}\times 50=10$

This means that Shyam got 10 marbles.

You can also calculate the number of marbles left with Ram. Just subtract the total number of marbles he had before with the total number of marbles he gave to Shyam.

$=50-10=40$