Question

Carter has 60 balloons.
4
12
of the balloons are black, and
3
12
of the balloons are white. The rest of the balloons are red. How many red balloons Carter has? Show your calculations in the space provided.

Answer 1

First, you need to find the total number of black and white balloons combined:

(4/12 + 3/12) x 60 = 7/12 x 60 = 35

So, Carter has 35 black and white balloons combined. To find the number of red balloons, we can subtract this from the total number of balloons:

60 - 35 = 25

Therefore, Carter has 25 red balloons.