A bowl holds the 12

Question

pieces of fruit shown below.

The image shows 7 apples and 5 oranges.

If Jasmine correctly writes the fraction of fruit that are apples, which of the following would be the numerator of the fraction?

Answer 1

To find the fraction of fruit that are apples in the bowl, we need to determine the ratio of the number of apples to the total number of fruits.

Given:

• Number of apples = 7
• Number of oranges = 5
• Total number of fruits = Number of apples + Number of oranges = 7 + 5 = 12

The fraction representing the part of the fruit that are apples can be expressed as: \[ \text{Fraction of apples} = \frac{\text{Number of apples}}{\text{Total number of fruits}} = \frac{7}{12} \]

In this fraction, the numerator is the number of apples. Therefore, the numerator of the fraction that Jasmine writes for the apples is:

7.