SOLUTION: Ahmed buys 3/4 kg of sweets. He eats 1/3 of them. What fraction of a kg of sweets has he eaten? Val buys 8metres of ribbon. She cuts it into 1/4m lengths. How many lengths does

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Question 991054: Ahmed buys 3/4 kg of sweets. He eats 1/3 of them. What fraction of a kg of sweets has he eaten?
Val buys 8metres of ribbon. She cuts it into 1/4m lengths. How many lengths does she have?
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1)  Ahmed buys  3/4 kg  of sweets.  He eats  1/3  of them.  What fraction of a kg of sweets has he eaten?

     Answer.  1%2F4  of a kilogram.
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2)  Val buys  8 metres of ribbon.  She cuts it into  1/4 m lengths.  How many lengths does she have?

     If you want to ask "how many pieces does she have?",  then the answer is  8*4 = 32.

     The phrase  "How many lengths does she have?"  seems strange to me.