Question

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.
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