Question

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Fifteen unit squares are arranged in a 5 by 3 rectangle as shown. What percent of the largest rectangle is shaded gray?


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Answer 1

40%

Explanation:

There's a total of 15 squares.

So the percentage that is gray would be
`(6-gray-squares)/(15-total-squares)` which simplifies to
`(2)/(5)` in fraction form or 40%