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John and George together raked 7/8 if the yard. John raked 3/4 of that amount. What part of the yard did john raked?

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Answer:

1

8

Explanation:

What do we know:

John and George raked 7/8 of the yard.

John raked 3/4 of 7/8

What we need to know is:

How much did George rake?

How? Subtract the fractions given.

7 - 3

8 4

To do this we must make the denominator (bottom) number the same. How? Find the least common denominator for 8 and 4. Basically what is the lowest number that both 8 and 4 can be divided.

Answer is 8

8 divided by 8 is 1

4 divided by 8 is 2

so

7 - 3 ×2 6

8 4 ×2 = 8

7 _ 6 = 1

8 8 8 is how much George raked.

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