Question

What fraction of the fruit on the plate are apples if there are a total 8 fruits?
(A) $\dfrac{3}{8}$
(B) $\dfrac{5}{8}$
(C) $\dfrac{3}{5}$
(D) $\dfrac{5}{3}$

Answer 1

Hint: Start with analysing the question. Then count the number of apples on the plate and the total number of fruits. The fraction is the representation of a part from the whole in the form $\dfrac{a}{b}$ where ‘b’ is a non-zero number. Represent the data as a fraction to check the options.

Complete step by step solution:
Here in this problem, we have to find the fraction of the number of apples in the plate by the total number of fruits, which is $8$ .
Before starting with the solution, we must understand the concept of fraction. A fraction has two parts. The number on the top of the line is called the numerator. It tells how many equal parts of the whole or collection are taken. The number below the line is called the denominator. It shows the total divisible number of equal parts the whole into or the total number of equal parts which are there in a collection.
If $\dfrac{a}{b}$ is a fraction, then ‘a’ is the numerator and ‘b’ is the denominator of the fraction. Also here ‘b’ can never have a value equal to zero.
So for finding the number of apples in the plate we need to refer to the image, i.e. $3{\text{ apples}}$ .
The total number of fruits is given as eight.
Therefore, the fraction of apples on the plate to the total number of fruits will be given by having three as the numerator and the total number of fruits on the denominator, i.e. $8$ .
$ \Rightarrow {\text{ The required fraction = }}\dfrac{{{\text{No}}{\text{. of apples on plate}}}}{{{\text{Total number of fruits}}}} = \dfrac{3}{8}$
Thus, we get the fraction of apples on the plate to the total fruit as $\dfrac{3}{8}$

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note: In questions like this understanding the concept of the fraction is an important part of the solution. Notice that the option (B) and (D) is having the numerator greater than the denominator, which is not possible when we are representing a part of the whole in a fraction. This is called a proper fraction.