document.write( "Question 1144111: We are dividing fractions. The word problem is Mr. P moved a total of 500 pounds of sand with his wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow load weighed the same and was 1/10 of the total weight he moved. How much did each wheelbarrow load weigh?\r
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document.write( "To solve this problem (and many other similar problems, too), you do not need to know anything.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You need two things:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    a)  to read the condition attentively; to understand every word and to understand the meaning of the problem in whole\r\n" );
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document.write( "        (usually, to get it, it is enough to read the problem  two (2)  or 3 (three) times);\r\n" );
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document.write( "    b)  a bit of common sense, that practically any human creation has to his (or her)  7 - 8  years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, you are given a total amount of 500 pounds, and it is divided into 10 equal parts.\r\n" );
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document.write( "They ask you to evaluate the amount of each part in pounds.\r\n" );
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