If you cut a piece of paper into $5 \times 5$ small pieces of equal size, and have colored 5 of them. What is the fraction of colored pieces?

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Solution

The correct option is B 0.2
The paper is cut into $5 \times 5 = 25$ tiny pieces.

Coloring $5$ out of $25$ pieces will represent $\frac{5}{25}$ of the whole.

$\frac{5}{25} = \frac{1 \times 5}{5 \times 5} = \frac{1}{5} = 0.2$

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If you cut a piece of paper into 5×5 small pieces of equal size, and have colored 5 of them. What is the fraction of colored pieces?

The correct option is B 0.2The paper is cut into 5×5=25 tiny pieces. Coloring 5 out of 25 pieces will represent 525 of the whole. 525=1×55×5=15=0.2

If you cut a piece of paper into $5 \times 5$ small pieces of equal size, and have colored 5 of them. What is the fraction of colored pieces?

The correct option is B 0.2
The paper is cut into $5 \times 5 = 25$ tiny pieces.

Coloring $5$ out of $25$ pieces will represent $\frac{5}{25}$ of the whole.

$\frac{5}{25} = \frac{1 \times 5}{5 \times 5} = \frac{1}{5} = 0.2$