Eli is making a target for the beanbag toss at his school's Fall Fun-Run and Carnival. The target is a short round basket divided evenly into 8 sections. The player wins a prize for each section the beanbag lands in. There are 2 sections that win the player a teddy bear.What fraction of the target wins the player a teddy bear?____ /____
Q. Eli is making a target for the beanbag toss at his school's Fall Fun-Run and Carnival. The target is a short round basket divided evenly into 8 sections. The player wins a prize for each section the beanbag lands in. There are 2 sections that win the player a teddy bear.What fraction of the target wins the player a teddy bear?____ /____
Identify Sections: Identify the total number of sections in the target and the number of sections that win a teddy bear.
Calculate Winning Fraction: Calculate the fraction of the target that wins the player a teddy bear by dividing the number of winning sections by the total number of sections.
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction to its lowest terms by finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the numerator and the denominator, then divide both by the GCF.
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