You have 45 pencils. five out of every 9 are yellow pencils and the rest are brown. how many pencils are yellow? show your

Five out of every nine pencils are yellow. You can make a fraction for this:

You have 45 pencils. To find the amount of yellow pencils, multiply the fraction by 45. First set up the equation:

Make 45 as a fraction so that you'll be multiplying fractions together. It will also make it easier.

To write a whole number as a fraction, ALWAYS make the whole number the denominator and 1 as the numerator.

Here is the "new equation":

Multiply. You multiply the numerators and denominators together.

That means 25 pencils are yellow

answer: ff

f

step-by-step explanation: f

ff

0.85 or 85%

step-by-step explanation:

1) divide 23 by 27

2) round the decimal to the nearest 10

3) so your answer would be 0.85 or 85%