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Practice Explaining Your Product

1. Mark was working on the long ump competition, and he was able to ump
1. Mark was working on the 7long jump competition, and he was able to jump 9 3/4 feet. Chris
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9 3/4*7/8=8 17/32

2. Tammy ran 4 2/52 miles on Saturday. On Sunday she ran for 1/2 of1 the distance she ran on
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4 2/5 * 1/2=2 1/5

3. Part way through his party, Patrick found that there was 5 2/3 pizzas 2 left. If his friends
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5 2/3 * 3/4=4 1/4

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30 1/2*1/3=10 1/6

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