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nelson got a pack of 12 pencils he took 3 pencils to pit in his desk at school and 2 pencils to put in his locker at school. what is the fraction of total pencils that nelson took to school

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Nelson took a total of 5 pencils to school and he bought 12 so the fraction would be 5 over 12
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the fraction of pencils he took to school is
5/12
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