Question

In a bag there are red, green and purple counters. 3⁄8 of the counters are red, 1⁄6 of the counters are green. What fraction of the counters are purple?

Answer 1

3/8 + 1/6 = 9/24 + 4/24 = 13/24
The purple counters must be 11/24 of the total