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Friday Riddle

nudgie
nudgie CSN Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
RIDDLE: 75% can be written as 3/4. How would 58 1/3% be written as a fraction (when reduced to the lowest denominator)?
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  • Unknown
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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG CSN Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #3
    ?
    Isn't 1/3 66 1/3% or am I reading this wrong?

    DUH? I meant that it should be 33 1/3
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  • kmygil
    kmygil CSN Member Posts: 876 Member
    #4
    That's just it...
    There is no common denominator, even if you get into decimals. It would be expressed as 59/3 over 100. Yes?

    Kirsten
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  • daydreamer110761
    daydreamer110761 CSN Member Posts: 487 Member
    #5
    kmygil said:

    That's just it...
    There is no common denominator, even if you get into decimals. It would be expressed as 59/3 over 100. Yes?

    Kirsten

    huh?
    I hate math.
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  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg CSN Member Posts: 731
    #6
    7 / 12
    Set 58 1/3% to 3(58 1/3) / 3(100), which is (3(58)+1) / 300, or 175 / 300, or 7(25) / 12(25), or 7 / 12.
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