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the local bakery uses 1.75 cups of flour in each batch of cookies the bakery used 5.25 cups of flour this morning how many batches of cookies did thay make

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the answer is 3
divide 5.25 by 1.75
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5.25 divided by 1.75 = 3 batches

5.25 is the total flour they have and divide the total by 1.75-the amount of flour they need to make each batch- and you get three batches. I hope this helps:)
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