You have 30 DONUTS. 1/6 of them are Boston Cream. 2/5 of them are Maple. 3/10 of them are Chocolate Dip and 1/3 are Sprinkled. IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?? How many donuts OVER or UNDER am I? (Show your work and use EQUIVALENTS.)
We use 30 as our common denominator. Let's get equivalent fractions for each donut type with a denominator of 30:
Add up our numerators of the common denominator of 30:
5 + 12 + 9 + 10 = 36
So our fraction is 36/30. This makes our scenario impossible. Fractions of the donut should add up to 1. Which would mean our numerators need to sum to 1 or less. Since 36 > 30, this scenario is impossible.
We use 30 as our common denominator. Let's get equivalent fractions for each donut type with a denominator of 30:
Add up our numerators of the common denominator of 30:
5 + 12 + 9 + 10 = 36
So our fraction is 36/30. This makes our scenario impossible. Fractions of the donut should add up to 1. Which would mean our numerators need to sum to 1 or less. Since 36 > 30, this scenario is impossible.