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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is 1/3 of 540

OpenStudy (anonymous):

all you do is divide 540 by 3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You can simply multiply the two to get your answer. Which gives you an answer of 180 if you put it in a calculator. Or if you don't want to use a calculator just do what as_iya says and think of a third of being 1 of 3 parts of it. So to get it into three parts just divide by 3 to also get 180.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1/3 of 540 is 180

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's right, when you are asked a fraction of a number you can take the denominator of the fraction and divide

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1384659723644:dw| Remember, it's 1/3 a number and any number is technically over 1. This may help you see it easier.

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