Question

There are 9 students at the Math Club picnic . If 5 students are drinking punch and 4 are drinking lemonade , what fraction are drinking punch ?

Answer 1

lol 5/9 because 5 out of the 9 are drinking punch, the other 4 are drinking lemonade.

Answer 2

Hey!

There are 9 students at the picnic. 5 of them are drinking punch.

$\frac{Drinking \hspace{1 mm} Punch}{Total} = \frac{5}{9}$

5/9 of the students are drinking punch

$\framebox{ \dfrac{5}{9} of the students are drinking punch}$