5 8 of a rectangle is coloured red. Damien cuts this red part into a number of pieces so that each piece is 1 16 of the whole rectangle. If the area of the rectangle is 48 square centimetres, what is the area of each piece?

3 cm²

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

5/8 of rectangle = red

Let area of rectangle = x

Each piece = 1/16 of whole rectangle

Area of whole rectangle = 48 cm²

Area of each piece = 1/16 of 48

1/16 * 48cm²

= 48 / 16 cm²

= 3 cm²

Hence area of each piece = 3cm²

10/60

step-by-step explanation:

if you divide 10 by 60 the answer is 0.166666 while if you divide or solve the other problems it equals 0.6

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