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How many 1/4 teaspoon doses are in 7/8 teaspoon of medicine

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If there are 2/8 in 1/4, there are 14 doses of 1/4.
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Hello,

Let's start by converting the denominator of "1/4" to the same denominator as "7/8".

So, we need to multiply the numerator "1" and the denominator "4" by 2 to get that fraction "1/4" to the same denominator as the other fraction.

After you do that, the fraction 1/4 is now 2/8.

2 goes into 7 3.5 times. So the answer is: There are 3 1/2 doses.

Hope that helped.

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