DJ has just started a collection of his favorite movies. DJ has 16 movies, and 3/8

Question

of them are comedies. How many movies are comedies?

Answer 1

To find out how many of DJ's movies are comedies, you can use the fraction given: $\frac{3}{8}$ of his 16 movies.

First, multiply the total number of movies by the fraction of movies that are comedies:

$$\text{Number of comedies}=\frac{3}{8}\times 16$$

Now, perform the multiplication:

$$\frac{3\times 16}{8}$$

Calculating the numerator:

$$3\times 16=48$$

Now divide by the denominator:

$$\frac{48}{8}=6$$

Thus, the number of comedies in DJ's collection is $\boxed{{\displaystyle 6}}$.