SOLUTION: how many 3/5ths are in 10?

Question 732827: how many 3/5ths are in 10?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Imagine starting with 10. Subtract 3/5 and count this as having found 1 of 3/5. Subtract another 3/5 from what has remained and count this as having found another 3/5. How much still remains? Enough to keep subtracting 3/5 again?

Now, instead of using repeated subtraction to count how many of 3/5 can be found in the number, 10, try something more economical: DIVISION.

Divide 10 by 3/5. THAT will be how many 3/5 is in 10.

10�(3/5)=
, because division by a fraction is the same as multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction,
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