In voting for the fifth grade class president only 1/3 of the students cast votes. What fraction of the whole class voted for tim for selena who received the most votes.

Question

Class president candidate fraction votes received
Tim 2/6
SELENA 1/4
Is the answer 2/18 for tim
And 1/12 for selena. Tim got the most votes

Answer 1

You made a small mistake when calculating the fraction of the whole class that voted for each candidate. Since only 1/3 of the students cast votes, we should multiply the fraction of votes received by each candidate by 1/3 to find the fraction of the whole class that voted for each candidate.

For Tim:
(2/6) * (1/3) = 2/18 = 1/9

For Selena:
(1/4) * (1/3) = 1/12

So, 1/9 of the class voted for Tim, and 1/12 of the class voted for Selena. Tim got the most votes.