Calculate 3/5 of 15: A Fraction Distribution Problem

Question

Graciela bought 15 apples and distributed them to give to her mother $\frac{3}{5}$ , to her sister $\frac{1}{5}$ and the rest for herself.

How many apples did Graciela's mother receive?

00:00 How many apples did Dina's mother receive

00:04 Let's multiply Dina's mother's relative quantity by the sum of apples

00:08 Let's put the multiplication in the numerator

00:13 Let's reduce as much as possible

00:16 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:25 Let's calculate the multiplication

00:31 Any number divided by 1 is always equal to itself

00:36 And this is the solution to the question

Let's multiply the number of apples by the fraction representing the number of apples she gave to her mother:

$\frac{3}{5}\times15=$

We'll multiply the numerator by 15:

$\frac{3\times15}{5}=$

We'll divide both the numerator and denominator by 5

$\frac{3\times15:5}{5:5}=$

Let's first solve the division operations in the numerator and denominator, and we'll get:

$\frac{3\times3}{1}=\frac{9}{1}=9$

$9$