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  • 14-02-2018
  • Mathematics
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Paul needs to buy 5/8 pound of peanuts.The scale at the store measures parts of a pound in sixteenth. What measure is equivalent to 5/8 pound?

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sfloyd1 sfloyd1
  • 20-02-2018
5/8 = 10/16
Since it is measured in 1/16 of a pound.  I converted 5/8  to 10/16.

5    =    10
___      __
 8         16      

Multiplied both top and bottom by 2 to get the 16 as the denominator.


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