Humans usually have 20 baby teeth, which are replaced by 32 adult teeth. Raul said he has lost 6 of his baby teeth. Write two fractions equivalent to this number. Explain your answer.

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Semaj Murphy

8 March, 19:01

Humans usually have 20 baby teeth, which are replaced by 32 adult teeth. Raul said he has lost 6 of his baby teeth. Write two fractions equivalent to this number. Explain your answer.

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Gisselle Zamora · Answer 1

The question is not very clear, since the most logical thing is to think that the fraction is with respect to the number of baby teeth, if so:

6/20 and 3/10, these would be the two fractions.

But the literal question is to express the number 6, as a fraction.

We can do it by multiplying and dividing by the same number, for example:

6 * 2/2 = 12/2

6 * 10/10 = 60/10

This would be the two fractions.