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Rita is making chili. The recipe calls for 2 3/4 cups of tomatoes. How many cups of tomatoes, written as a fraction greater than one are used in the recipe

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11/4 is the answer because you need to convert a mixed number to a improper fraction
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2 times 4 is 8, plus 3, 11. You leave the denominator the same way and end up with 11/4
Hope this makes sense:)
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