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A piece of string is 325 centimeters long. You need the string to be 1 1/4 meters long. How many centimeters should you cut off
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A piece of string is 325 centimeters long. You need the string to be 1 1/4 meters long. How many centimeters should you cut off

A piece of string is 325 centimeters long. You need the string to be 1 1/4 meters-example-1
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Since there are 100 centimeters in a meter, and 1/4=0.25, we have 1+0.25=1.25, and that in centimeters=1.25*100=125. To find the difference between 325 and 125 (to see how much to cut off), we do 325-125=200
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