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Please explain how to work this problem Lilly saves 2/9 of her allowance. Her allowance is $18 per week. How much does she save each week? Please explain how to do

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there are two ways you could go about this. The first is if you have a calculator you can divide 2 by 9 and multiply this number by by 18 which equals four. if you have to work it out by hand then it goes like this.
2/9×18
2/9×18/1 multiply across you get 36/9
simplified this is 4/1 or 4
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