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aisha has 5/6 can of popcorn. It takes 1/8 can to make 1 ser

Postby babyZ on Mon May 18, 2009 6:53 pm

aisha has 5/6 can of popcorn. It takes 1/8 can to make 1 serving.How many servings can she make?
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Re: aisha has 5/6 can of popcorn. It takes 1/8 can to make 1 ser  TOPIC_SOLVED

Postby nicknation on Tue May 19, 2009 2:16 am

u have to find how many 1/8 go into 5/6 so divide 5/6/1/8=6.66666666 u should probably round down b/c she cant make part of a serving so do 6 not 7
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