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What is 1/5 of 25? how do we find that answer

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25* (1/5)= 5.
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User Marinvirdol
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1/5 of 25 means that we divide 25 into 5 EQUAL parts, then take one of those parts as our answer. If we divide 25 into 5 equal parts (any method is fine here) than we take 5 groups of 5s. We take one of those groups of 5, and the value of that one group is 5, so our answer is 5.
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