Of the balloons in the bunch of 100 there are 28 that are red. What part of the balloons are red balloons?

Question

Of the balloons in the bunch of 100 there are 28 that are red. What part of the balloons are red balloons? Give as fraction.

Answer 1

28/100

= 7/25

total that are red divided by total of all balloons = 28/100

then reduce to lowest integer denominator by dividing both numerator and denominator by 4

28/4 = 7

100/4 =25

Answer: 7/25