Five ninths times three fifths is one third.
No. Three ninths is equivalent to one third.
five ninths
You can restate "one third" as "three ninths"; then subtracting three ninths from five ninths leaves two ninths: 5/9 - 3/9 = 2/9
2/9
There is one third in five ninths, with a remainder of two ninths. Six ninths would be equal to two thirds.
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7/9
Five ninths.
2/9
No, after you've cut one-third and three-ninths, which is another third, there are only five-fifteenths left!
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