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Ms.Hagerty is baking cakes. She needs 1/4 cup of sugar for each cake. One jar of sugar is 1/2 cup. How many jars of sugar does Ms.Hagerty need to make 8 cake?
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Ms.Hagerty is baking cakes. She needs 1/4 cup of sugar for each cake. One jar of sugar is 1/2 cup. How many jars of sugar does Ms.Hagerty need to make 8 cake?

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The answer is 4 because you can fit 2 1/4 cups of sugar in one jar since it holds 1/2. So, if she is making 8 cakes with 2 cups of sugar total she will need 4 jars.

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You will need 4 jars because 1:4 is half of 1/2 and 4 is half of 8
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