David owns five dogs and monitors how much food they eat in a month. What fraction of the food was eaten by Snowball? Simplify your answer.
Dog | Kilograms of food
Snowball | 45
Sparky | 20
Peanut | 45
Cocoa | 19
Blue | 18
Find how many kilograms of food were eaten by Snowball.

45

Find how many kilograms of food the dogs ate in total.

45 + 20 + 45 + 19 + 18 = 147

Divide 45 by147.

\frac{45}{147}

Reduce the fraction.

\frac{45}{147} → \frac{15}{49}

\frac{15}{49} of kilograms of food were eaten by Snowball.