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Mr. Cannon has a piece of land that is 3/7 of an acre. He wants to build 10 houses on his land. How much land does each house get?

*be careful*
Show me the division statement
explain why you chose the dividend and the divisor
give me the quotient.

User BooRanger
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3\7 divided by 10 . I’m pretty sure
User Alex Basson
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3/7 divided by 10

3/7 / 10/1

Keep Change Flip

Keep 3/7
Change division to multiplication
Flip 10/1 to 1/10

And then you multipy

The answer will be 3/70
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