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There are 21 students in Mrs. Callan's class. There are 14 students in her class that got an A on the last spelling test. In sim

plest form, what fraction of Mrs. Callan's class got an A on the last spelling test?

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svetlana [45]3 years ago

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14 students in 21 student got an A on the test so 14/21 people got A. the numerator and the denominator are both divisible by 7 so the simplest form of this fraction would be 2/3

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