Ms. Groves had trays of paint. Each tray has five colors. One of the colors is purple. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple?

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wifilethbridge · Answer

5 1 ​ ;

IreneJoliotCurie · Answer

** The correct answer is: **
 20 4 ​ = 5 1 ​ . 
 Explanation : *
Since 1 out of 5 trays are purple, this means the fraction is 5 1 ​ . However, to find the number of trays out of 20, we multiply 20 by 5 1 ​ : 20 5 1 ​ = 1 20 ​ ∗ 5 1 ​ = 5 20 ​ = 4 .

wifilethbridge · Answer

The fraction of the colors in 20 trays that is purple is 5 1 ​ . This fraction comes from calculating the proportion of purple colors out of the total colors across all trays. Each tray has 5 colors, and with 20 trays, there are 100 total colors, of which 20 are purple. 
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Ms. Groves had trays of paint. Each tray has five colors. One of the colors is purple. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple?

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