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Kevin has 6 cups of flour. It takes 3 over 8 cup of flour fo make one cake. How many cakes can kevin make

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He can make 16 cakes. I think.
User Vinaykumar Patel
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6/1 divided by 3/8

6/1 x 8/3

if you cross multiply, 2 can go into 6 and 8

6 divided 2 is 3
8 divided 2 is 4

so
6/1 would be 3/1
8/3 would be 4/3

3/1 x 4/3 = 12/3

12/3 simplified is 4
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