This is part of Tom's plan to entice the other boys into painting the fence for him. He plays on their emotions in order to convince them that painting the fence is a "fun" thing to do.
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Dear ___,
It's been around 8 months or so since the coronavirus became a present issue. I thought I was just getting an extra week of spring break but it turned into a quarantine. At the start, it was difficult because when you went to the grocery stores they were always out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Canned food was always missing from the shelves. Oh yeah, we also had no school now. Well, in-person school at least. We now learn online and have google meets or zoom calls. It's very frustrating with my bad internet. Its pretty weird having to wear a mask everywhere now I don't really like it. The corona has really affected my life because sports are being affected everywhere. I hope that we find a cure soon.
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one-sixth or 1/6
Elijah is sharing a half a package with his 2 friends, so all together they equal three people. This means that half the package must be broken into 3 equal parts. If the question only asked about half the package, each friend would get one-third. It doesn't! It asks about what fraction of the WHOLE package. For me, the easiest way to do this is to divide the other half of the package into 3 parts as well. This means that the whole package is divided into 6 pieces and each friend only gets one: 1/6 or one-sixth.
It should be like this: The plant can holds 3.5 liters in its largest pitchers. 3.5 liters is more than half-a-gallon.
