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If julie needs 3/4 cups of oatmeal,how many 1/4 cups of oatmeal will she use?

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Three.

(3/4)/(1/4)
They've got the same denominator, so you can act like the nominators are whole numbers and simply divide those. Or...

(3)/(4) ×
(1)/(4)
Cross multiply, so 1 times 4 and 4 times 3.

(12)/(4)
And then divide to get 3.
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