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Fraction word problems Episode 7 of 8

A quarter of the number

The question

1/5 of a number is 24. What is 1/4 of the same number?

Try it first, then show the answer

Answer

30

The big idea

Find the whole number first: 5 parts of 24. Then cut it into 4 parts.

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