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How many 2 1/2 acre plots can be made out of a 35-acre field

User Dsdenes
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35 divided by 2 1/2

change 2 1/2 to an improper fraction

2 1/2 = 5/2

35 divided by 5/2

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35 * 2/5

70/5

14

you can make 14 plots

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