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Would you rather......

Have 10% of $5 or 75% of 80 ¢?
 

 

Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

Be bitten by 15% of 120 mosquitoes or 8% of 250 mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes

Skip using a rope which is 54% of 105in. long, or 88% of 275 in. long?

Sit in a traffic jam for 33% of 2 hours or 44% of 1hr 40mins?

cars

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