Question

DJ has just started a collection of his favorite movies. DJ has 16 movies, and 3/8
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 \( \boxed{6} \).