Question

12 Colin used 2 5/6 sheets of paper and completed 1/6 of his report. How many pages was the completed report?

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Answer 1

If Colin used 2 5/6 sheets of paper to complete 1/6 of his report, we can use this information to find out how many sheets he will need to complete the entire report.

Let's start by finding out how many sheets of paper Colin used for each 1/6 of the report. We can divide the total number of sheets he used (2 5/6) by the fraction of the report he completed (1/6):

(2 5/6) ÷ (1/6) = (17/6) ÷ (1/6) = 17

So Colin used 17 sheets of paper to complete 1/6 of the report.

To find out how many pages the completed report will be, we need to multiply the number of sheets used to complete 1/6 of the report by the total number of 1/6ths in the completed report. Since 1/6 represents the fraction of the report that Colin has completed, there are 5/6 of the report left to complete:

1/6 + 5/6 = 6/6 = 1 (the completed report)

So there are a total of 6 1/6ths in the completed report. To find the total number of sheets, we can multiply the number of sheets used to complete 1/6 of the report by 6:

17 sheets x 6 = 102

Therefore, Colin will need a total of 102 sheets of paper to complete the entire report.

Answer 2

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Explanation:

He needs 6 times as many as 1/6 th to have a complete report

6 * 2 5/6 = 6 * 17/6 = 102/6 = 17 pages total