Question

Half of Mrs. Williams's class brings in cookies. Out of those students, 1/4 bring in homemade cookies. What fraction of Mrs. Williams's class brings in homemade cookies?

Answer 1

out of the half of the class, 1/4 brought home made cookes, then, we have the following:

$\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{8}$

therefore, 1/8 of the class brings in homemade cookies