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A recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Marley only has 1/4 cup to measure. How many times will Marley ave to fill up measuring cup?

User Vik Gamov
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1 1/2 of sugar with a 1/4 spoon
so it is 1 1/2 ÷ 1/4
1 1/2 is also 3/2
3/2 ÷ 1/4 we could turn 1/4 around and change the ÷ to ×
3/2 × 4
(3×4) ÷ 2
12/2
6
he would fetch it 6 times
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