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If it takes 1/3

cup of flour to make 1/4
of a cake, how many cups of flour are needed to make a whole cake?

User Jayne Mast
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Answer:

1/4cake=1/3cup

Now times both sides by 4

x =1 cake

x = which equals 1 1/3

User Ellen Spertus
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Answer:

1 1/3

Explanation:

1/3+1/3+1/3+1/3 is 1 and 1/3 cups

User AbhinavRanjan
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