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Elise put a magnet into a drawer. One-half of the items in the drawer stuck to the magnet. What fraction of the items in the drawer were not magnetic?

A.
1/4
B.
0/2
C.
1/2
D.
2/2

User ElementW
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Answer:

C.

1/2

Explanation:

To get the fraction of items that are not magnetic, subtract the fraction that stuck to the magnet (1/2) from 1 whole, or 2/2:

2/2 - 1/2 = 1/2

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