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Two-fifths of the students in Anya's fifth grade class are girls. One-eighth of the girls wear glasses. What fraction of Anya's class consists of girls who wear glasses?

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Answer: 1/20

Step-by-step explanation: 2/5 *1/8

2/5 is the total 1/8 is of that total only 1/8 of them where glasses the word "of" hints that this is a multiplication problem

User Prasad De Zoysa
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I'm pretty sure it would be 1/20
User TheGeneral
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