2.-The longest one-word name of any place in America is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchubunagungamaugg.This name for a lake near webster, Massachusetts, is 45 letters long. It is a Native American name that means "You fish on you side, I'll fish on mine, and no one fishes in the middle." Use this word to answer the problems below.

Question

a.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter g?---------=---------

b.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter a?---------=----------

c.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter c?---------=---------

3.-In the space above, write the decimal equivalents for the fraction in Problem 2.

Answer 1

a. I count 13 g's.
13/45 = 0.288888

What answers to do you get for the other letters?

Answer 2

b.I count 9 a's
9/45=0.2

c. I count 3 c's
3/45=0.066

Answer 3

15/45

Answer 4

1/3 - 1/4
= 4/12 - 3/12
= 1/12
= 0.083333333333

Answer 5

is 1/3 - 1/4 mixed numbers