Question

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Here are lots of small chains, each with a certain number of links. The chains that we will use have these numbers of links: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12. There are many of each size available.
What 3 selection of chains could you put together to make A twenty-seven-link chain, using only the sizes that you see at the top?

Answer 1

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★ Answer:

Twenty-seven -link chain is the ONE (1)

★ Step-by-step explanation:

Here are lots of small chains, each with a certain number of links.  The chains that we will use have these numbers of links:  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12. There are many of each size available.

➼ Suppose  we want to make a twenty-seven-link chain from the sizes above, then we could use three of the nine-link small chains.

➼ Each nine would just be ( $\frac{1}{3}$ )  of the 20.

In this case we could write:

What happens if you try to make a twenty-seven-link chain?

27 = 12+8+4+3

We could write:

$\frac{1}{2} +\frac{1}{3} +\frac{1}{6}$ =   1

➠ Where the twenty-seven -link chain is the ONE (1)