How does knowing 1/5 of 10 help you find 3/5 of 10? Draw a picture to explain your thinking.

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Denislava Shentova · Answer 1 · 2020-04-12T04:56:14+0000

Answer:

If the problem is,

$(1)/(5)\text{ of }10$

By finding it,

Take a 5 box grid in which each box represents 1 unit,

Then take 1 box of this grid,

Repeat this step,

Finally, Add them,

We get,

A grid having 10 boxes with 2 taken boxes,

Thus,
(1)/(5)* 10=2

When we do these steps for three grids we will get
(3)/(5)* 10 ,

That is, by multiplying the result of
(1)/(5)* 10 by 3 we will obtain
(3)/(5)* 10

(3)/(5)* 10=3* ((1)/(5)* 10)=3* 2=6