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Jr shaded 3/5 of a rectangle. Mary shaded 4/12 of a congruent rectangle. who shaded more? how do you know

User Gogstad
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Mary did she paid 0.33 or 1/3
User Jviaches
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well 3/5 = 0.60 in decimal form
and 4/12 when simplified is 1/3 which is .33 in decimal form
so jr shaded more.
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