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Fifteen unit squares are arranged in a 5 by 3 rectangle as shown. What percent of the largest rectangle is shaded gray?


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Answer:

40%

Explanation:

There's a total of 15 squares.

So the percentage that is gray would be
(6-gray-squares)/(15-total-squares) which simplifies to
(2)/(5) in fraction form or 40%