Stretch your thinking ann arranges her marbles in groups, with 8 marbles in each group. she writes the fraction 5/8 to show the fraction of marbles in each group that is red. what equivalent fraction names the fraction of marbles in 6 groups that are red? explain.

To figure this out you will use an equivalent fraction for 5/8. The factor, or the number of groups, of the numerator and the denominator would be six. Please see the attached picture for the work. You end up having six groups of five red marbles which would be 30 red marbles.

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