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A group of farmers planted $8$ fields of vegetables. Of the fields they planted, $\frac{1}{4}$ were planted with cabbage. How many fields of cabbage did the farmers plant? $\newline$ Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. $\newline$ _____ fields

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Multiply fractions by whole numbers: word problems

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Q. A group of farmers planted

8

fields of vegetables. Of the fields they planted,

\frac{1}{4}

were planted with cabbage. How many fields of cabbage did the farmers plant?

\newline

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

\newline

_____ fields

Identify total fields: Step $1$ : Identify the total number of fields and the fraction that were planted with cabbage. $\newline$ Total fields = $8$ $\newline$ Fraction for cabbage = $\frac{1}{4}$ $\newline$ Calculate the number of cabbage fields by multiplying the total fields by the fraction for cabbage. $\newline$ $8 \times \frac{1}{4} = 2$

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