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Belinda has a bag of beads. She uses 3 of the beads to make a bracelet and 5 of the beads to make a necklace. She uses 36 more beads to make the necklace. How many beads does Belinda use to make the bracelet?
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Belinda has a bag of beads. She uses 3 of the beads to make a bracelet and 5 of the beads to make a necklace. She uses 36 more beads to make the necklace. How many beads does Belinda use to make the bracelet? 3

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I just helped my sister on this problem its kinda scary... :P

If you mean 1/3 and 3/5

Belinda has 135 beads in total.

Find 1/3 of 135.

135 ÷ 3 = 45.

Belinda uses 45 beads to make the bracelet.

Hope I helped :)
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