of the animals at the shelter, 5/8 are cats. of the cats 2/3 are kittens. what fraction of the animals at the shelter are kittens?

Fraction of animals that are kittens at the shelter is where “x” represents the number of animals.

Solution:

Let the number of animals be ‘x’. We have to find out what fraction of animals at the shelter are kittens.

It is given that of the animals, 5/8 are cats which means the number of cats =

Now it is given that number of kittens are 2/3 of the cats

Number of cats =

Number of kittens = 2/3 of  

Number of kittens = 2/3  

Number of kittens = =  

Thus fraction of animals that are kittens at the shelter is  where “x” represents the number of animals.