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A piece of yarn is 6060 cm long. The yarn is cut so that one piece is five times the length of the other piece. How many centimeters long is the shorter piece?
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A piece of yarn is 60 cm long. The yarn is cut so that one piece is five times the length of the other piece. How many centimeters long is the shorter piece?
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A piece of yarn is $60$ cm long. The yarn is cut so that one piece is five times the length of the other piece. How many centimeters long is the shorter piece?

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Level 2

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Prealgebra

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