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There were 30 cookies in a jar. Eileen divided the cookies into 12 equal shares. How many cookies were there in each share?

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The answer is 2.5 cookies also known as 2 and 1/2 Because 12 can go into 30, twice , which gives us 24 and 30-24= 6 so we put a decimal point to the right of 2 and we put a 0 and bring the zero down to make 60. 12 goes into 60, 5 times so the answer is 2 1/2 or 2.5
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