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Jada has 7/8 cup of cheese. Her cheese bread recipe calls for 1/6 cup of cheese. How many times can she make her recipe with the amount of cheese she has?

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Divide (1/6 cup cheese) into (7/8 cup cheese):

7
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8 7 6
----- = --- * --- = 42/8 = 5 2/8 = 5 1/4 = 5.25
1 8 1
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6

She can prepare her recipe 5 times, with some material left over.
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