Jasper had a sports card album that held 100 cards. He filled 42/100

with football cards and 3/10
with baseball cards. What fraction of the album is still empty?

(1 point)
Responses

28100
28 100

45100
45 100

55100
55 100

72100

1 answer

To find out how much of Jasper's card album is still empty, we first need to calculate the total fraction of the album that is already filled with cards.

  1. Jasper has filled \(\frac{42}{100}\) of the album with football cards.

  2. He has filled \(\frac{3}{10}\) of the album with baseball cards. To make it easier to add this to the football cards, we can convert \(\frac{3}{10}\) to a fraction with a denominator of 100: \[ \frac{3}{10} = \frac{3 \times 10}{10 \times 10} = \frac{30}{100} \]

  3. Next, we add the two fractions: \[ \frac{42}{100} + \frac{30}{100} = \frac{42 + 30}{100} = \frac{72}{100} \]

  4. Now, to find out how much of the album is still empty, we subtract the filled fraction from the whole: \[ 1 - \frac{72}{100} = \frac{100}{100} - \frac{72}{100} = \frac{100 - 72}{100} = \frac{28}{100} \]

Thus, the fraction of the album that is still empty is \(\frac{28}{100}\).

The correct response is: \[ \frac{28}{100} \]