Sanari buys 12 cupcakes. Seven of the cupcakes have chocolate frosting and the rest have vanilla frosting. What fraction of the cupcakes have vanilla frosting?

Write your answer as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction.

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Suzan

11 August, 12:48

Sanari buys 12 cupcakes. Seven of the cupcakes have chocolate frosting and the rest have vanilla frosting. What fraction of the cupcakes have vanilla frosting?

Write your answer as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction.

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Frida Monroe · Answer 1

5/12

1 * 5/12 < - - - I'm not sure about that.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because 7/12 have chocolate, that means that:

1 - 7/12 have vanilla, which is 5/12 of the cupcakes.

Sanari buys 12 cupcakes. Seven of the cupcakes have chocolate frosting and the rest have vanilla frosting. What fraction of the cupcakes have vanilla frosting?Write your answer as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction.

Sanari buys 12 cupcakes. Seven of the cupcakes have chocolate frosting and the rest have vanilla frosting. What fraction of the cupcakes have vanilla frosting?

Write your answer as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction.