If a person is 1/4 Asian, and another person is fully Asian.  What fraction are their kids Asian?

If one parent is fully Asian (which is equivalent to \(\frac{4}{4}\) or \(1\) Asian), and the other parent is \(\frac{1}{4}\) Asian, the fraction of their children who are Asian can be found by averaging the fractions.

To calculate this:

\[
\text{Fraction of children who are Asian} = \frac{\frac{1}{4} + 1}{2} = \frac{\frac{1}{4} + \frac{4}{4}}{2} = \frac{\frac{5}{4}}{2} = \frac{5}{8}
\]

So, the children would be \(\frac{5}{8}\) Asian.

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Here are 8 related questions:
1. How would the fraction change if the non-fully Asian parent were \(\frac{1}{2}\) Asian?
2. What would the fraction be if both parents were \(\frac{1}{4}\) Asian?
3. How do you calculate the fraction if one parent is \(\frac{3}{4}\) Asian?
4. What is the fraction if one parent is \(\frac{3}{8}\) Asian and the other is fully Asian?
5. How would the children's fraction of being Asian change if the fully Asian parent were instead \(\frac{7}{8}\) Asian?
6. What if the first parent is not Asian at all?
7. How does the concept of genetic averaging work in these types of problems?
8. Could the fraction be represented as a percentage? How?

**Tip:** When working with fractions, adding them requires a common denominator, and dividing them requires multiplying by the reciprocal.

Explore how fractional Asian heritage influences the ethnicity of children. Calculate the fraction of Asian ancestry in offspring when one parent is fully Asian and the other is 1/4 Asian. Learn about genetic averaging and its application in determining ethnic heritage. Ideal for students in Grades 6-8.

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