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It takes 1/2 of a box of nails to build a bird house.if you want to build 5 bird houses, how many boxes would you need?

It takes 1/2 of a box of nails to build a bird house.if you want to build 5 bird houses, how many boxes would you need?
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It takes 1/2 of a box of nails to build a bird house.if you want to build 5 bird houses, how many boxes would you need?

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You will need 2 1/2 boxes because if you multiply 1/2 by 5. you get 5/2. The simplified version is 2 1/2
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