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To show that the solutions which use more than one string are correct, use the Lowest Common Denominator (LCM) method, for example for the case of 1/3 +1/6 = 1/2
Show that the solutions which use more than one string are correct, use the Lowest Common Denominator (LCM) method, for example for the case of 1/3 +1/6 = 1/2
  1/3 + 1/6 =
  1/3 + 1/6 =
  2/6 + 1/6 =
  2/6 + 1/6 =
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Find all the ways to make 1/3 and 2/3
Find all the ways to make 1/3 and 2/3
Draw your solutions as pie charts, you can use Paint, TurtleArt, Socialcalc or Gnumeric in Gnome.


===The Caacupé abacus===
===The Caacupé abacus===