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Sheree has 40 coins. Of them 20 are quarters. What fraction of Sheree's coins are quarters

User SachinJose
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Hi there

If that person has 20 quarters out of the 40 coins in total...
The fraction would be 20/40
20/40 can be simplified to 1/2
Since that half of the coins are quarters.

Hope this helps
User Stuart Hemming
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20 out of 40 are quarters> 20/40 both are divisible by 20> 1/2 is your answer.
User Skimedic
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