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Mrs. Foster pours six cups of lemonade from a full pitcher. How many cups can she pour from a pitcher that is 5/6 full?

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5 cups:

If 6/6 full pitcher pours 6 cups, then 5/6 full pitcher would pour 5 cups
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Answer: 5 cups

Explanation:

Mrs. Foster pours six cups of lemonade from a full pitcher. This means that 6 cups are poured from 1 pitcher. This means 1 cup makes 1/6 of the pitcher.

To get the number of cups that can she pour from a pitcher that is 5/6 full will be:

= 5/6 ÷ 1/6

= 5/6 × 6/1

= 5 cups

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