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Jay has 3/4 pound of bird seed.he needs 3/8 pound to feed the birds daily.Which of the rectangle model shows how many days worth of seed Jay has left?

Jay has 3/4 pound of bird seed.he needs 3/8 pound to feed the birds daily.Which of-example-1
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The rectangle should be divided into 4 big parts, in which each should be further divided in half.

The 4 big parts represent the pound of birdseed he has left, but as he has only 3 of 4 of this part represented by the fraction 3/4, then only 3 of these 4 parts should be colored.

Then, as he needs 3/8, that is the reason why the parts are further divided in half, obtaining 8 small parts. Also, in this case, 3 of the 8 parts will be colored.

Answer: 2 days

Jay has 3/4 pound of bird seed.he needs 3/8 pound to feed the birds daily.Which of-example-1
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