A sport store has 48 soccer balls. Of the soccer balls that the store has, 1/8 were sold in the morning and 1/2 were sold in the afternoon.

a. How many soccer balls were sold altogether?

b. How many soccer balls were not sold?

There are 48 soccer balls in a sports store

=> 1/8 of it were sold in the morning

=> ½ were sold in the afternoon

a. Let’s solve he 1/8 and ½ value first

=> 1/8 = 0.125

=> 1/8 of 48

=> 48 * 0.125 = 6 were sold in the morning

=> 48 - 6 = 42, remaining then ½ of were sold In the afternoon.

=> ½ = 0.5

=> 42 * 0.5 = 21, were sold in the afternoon

=> 6 + 21 = 27

Altogether they sold 27 balls.

B. 48 - 27 = 21

21 soccer ball were not sold.