This task is about how to find fractional amounts of a total.
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A piece of timber was 36 cm long.
If \(1 \over 4\) was cut off, what would the new length be?
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James started with 32 marbles and lost \(3 \over 8\) of them.
How many did he lose?
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Aroha won \(7 \over 9\) of the 72 tennis matches that she played.
How many matches did she win?
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