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You have 12 balloons to blow up for your party. You blow 1/3 of them, and your friend blows up 5 of them. What fraction of the balloons still need to blowing up?

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Answer:

1/4

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Answer: One third

Step-by-step explanation: If you blow up a third of the balloons then you've blown 4 up because 12 divided by 3 is 4. Then you add the 5 balloons your friend blew up leaving you with 9 blown-up balloons in total. 9 blown-up balloons out of 12 is 2 thirds of the balloons leaving you with only one-third left to blow up.

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