Question

Karen colors in squares on a grid.She colored of 1/8 the squares blue and 5/8 of the squares red .What fraction of the squares are not colored in?

Answer 1

Answer:

2/8

Step-by-step explanation:

since karen colored in 1/8 and  5/8 you add the numerators to get 6/8 you subtract the 8/8 the whole grid from 6/8 to get 2/8

step 1.  1/8 + 5/8 = 6/8  

step 2. 8/8 -6/8 = 2/8

2/8 is your answer

Answer 2

Answer:

The fraction is 1/4.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the total number of squares in the grid,

Since, 1/8th squares are colored blue and 5/8th of the squares colored red,

So, the number of blue colored squares = $\frac{x}{8}$,

And, the number of red colored squares = $\frac{5x}{8}$

Thus, the total number of colored squares = $\frac{x}{8}+\frac{5x}{8}$

$=\frac{6x}{8}$

Now, the number of squares that are not colored = Total squares - Colored squares

$=x-\frac{6x}{8}$

$=\frac{8x-6x}{8}$

$=\frac{2x}{8}$

$=\frac{x}{4}$

$\text{The fraction of squares that are not colored}=\frac{\text{Uncolored squares}}{\text{Total squares}}$

$=\frac{x/4}{x}$

$=\frac{1}{4}$

Hence, 1/4 squares are not colored.