Calculate 1/4 of 28: Finding Orange Balls in a Box

Question

In a box there are 28 balls, $\frac{1}{4}$ of which are orange.

How many orange balls are there in the box in total?

00:00 How many strawberry-flavored candies are there?

00:03 Multiply the total amount by the relative portion that is strawberry flavored

00:12 Break it down into factors and reduce wherever possible

00:31 That's the solution

To solve this problem, we'll determine the number of orange balls by calculating the fraction of the total number of balls:

Step 1: Identify the total number of balls, $28$ .
Step 2: Note the fraction representing the orange balls, $\frac{1}{4}$ .
Step 3: Apply the formula to find the number of orange balls:
Number of orange balls $= 28 \times \frac{1}{4}$

Now, let's perform the calculation:
$28 \times \frac{1}{4} = 28 \div 4 = 7$

Therefore, the number of orange balls in the box is $7$ .