IN MATH: 1. n. piece; amount. 2. in percent problems, the part or piece; the product of the base and the rate. 3. v. to divide or separate. EX. I part my hair down the middle.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above. EX. Moses parted the Red Sea.

APPLICATION: See list 0

1. If 50% of 300 dolls have brown eyes, what part have brown eyes?

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