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amy has 72 sweets in bag.she keeps 1/4 of them for herself,but shares the remainder between 6 of her friends.how many sweets will she give to each of her friends?

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Amy keeps 18 sweets. find this by dividing 72 by 4

she has 54 left to share

54 divided by 6 is how many sweets each friend will get

Each friend gets 9 sweets




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