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Ellie has 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one-tenth as many pounds of butter as potatoes. How many pounds of butter does Ellie use?
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Ellie has 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one-tenth as many pounds of butter as potatoes. How many pounds of butter does Ellie use?

Ellie has 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one-tenth as many-example-1
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25/2 x 10/1= 1.25 sorry I fluctuated between fraction and decimal! Lol
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If there are 12.5 lbs of potatoes and 1/10 of that is the butter, divide 12.5 by 10 to get 1.25 lbs butter.
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