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Rita has 6 cups of frosting. She plans to use 2/3 of it to decorate cakes. How many cups of frosting will rita use to decorate cake?

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She's going to use 2/3 of the frosting(6 cups) to decorate cakes. 'of' means multiplication. So we can multiply to figure it out:


\sf(2)/(3)* 6


\sf(12)/(3)


\sf\boxed{\sf 4}

So Rita will use 4 cups of frosting to decorate cakes.
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