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Fractions, SM-Bank 047

Mike is downloading a complete hard drive onto his new computer.

It should take 24 minutes to download the full hard drive.

Mike loses his internet connection when  `5/6`  of the hard drive is downloaded.

How many more minutes are needed for Mike to complete the download?  (2 marks)

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`text(4 minutes)`

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`5/6 xx 24 =\ text(20 minutes)`

`:.\ text(Minutes needed)` `= 24-20`
  `= 4\ text(minutes)`

Filed Under: Fractions Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4460-35-Multiply/Divide Fractions, smc-4460-40-Word problems fractions

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