QuestionHow many thirds are there in 5? You can earn 5 coins
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STEP 1
What is this asking? If we have wholes, and each whole is divided into thirds, how many thirds are there in total? Watch out! Don't confuse the number of wholes with the number of thirds in each whole.
STEP 2
1. Calculate the number of thirds.
STEP 3
We are given wholes, and we want to find out how many thirds are in these wholes.
Let's first think about just *one* whole.
Since each whole is divided into thirds, one whole contains thirds.
This can be represented as .
STEP 4
Now, we have not one, but *five* wholes!
Since each whole has thirds, we can **multiply** the number of wholes () by the number of thirds in each whole () to find the **total number of thirds**.
STEP 5
So, we calculate .
STEP 6
There are thirds in .
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