Question

How many fifths of a bulletin board are there in 3 bulletin boards? Use a model to explain

Answer 1

There are 5 fifths in one bulletin board
therefore in 3 boards there are 3*5 = 15 fifths.

1 board 2 3

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5 5 5

Answer 2

Answer: 15 fifths.

Explanation:

If we divide one bulletin board in five parts , then each part represents one-fifth of the the bulletin board.

Recall it, One bulletin board = 5 parts

Then, 3 bulletin board = 5=5+5 =15 parts

That mean 3 bulletin boards has 15 fifths.

Hence, there are 15 fifths in one bulletin board.

To show this we can the make the model shown in below.