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Marcus is making dinner for 7 people.marcous opens 6 cans of soup .each can is 14 ounces .if everyone gets the same amount of soup ,how much soup will each person get. Use numbers and words to explain your answer.

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First you do 6 times 14 (6*14=84), next you do 7 divided by 84 (84/7=12). Therefore each person will get 12 ounces of soup.

User Zeeshan Chaudhary
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First you do 6 times 14 (6*14=84), next you do 7 divided by 84 (84/7=12). Therefore each person will get 12 ounces of soup.
~Hope this helps!
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