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Paul needs to buy 5/8 pound of peanuts. The scale at the store measures parts of a pound in sixteenths. Which measure is equivalent to 5/8 pound?

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10/16 because you multiply 8x2 to get sixteen, the denominator you need. So whatever you do to the denominator, you do to the numerator. So 5x2 is 10. 10/16
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