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Maya has 5/6 cup of ice cream. how many 1/4 cup servings are in 5/6 cup of ice cream

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Find the LCD (least common denominator)

(5)/(6) and (1)/(4)

it would be 12 (6x2=12 and 4x3=12)

so you multiply
(5)/(6) by 2 and get
(10)/(12)
then multiply
(1)/(4) by 3 and get
(3)/(12)

you get 3 WHOLE servings from
(5)/(6) cups of icecream
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