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Question from mary: garden path has 8 white slabs, four of the slabs are one third grey, what area of the path is grey |
Hi Mary,
Suppose each of the 8 slabs is divided into thirds.
How many one-third slabs do you have in total? How many are painted grey? What fraction of the path is painted grey?
Penny
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