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karen buys 8.5 pounds of flour. She uses 2.5 pounds to bake bread. She keeps the rest of t the flour in small bags. If each bag storage bag contains 2/5 pound of flour, how may storage bag does she use?

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8.5-2.5= 6
6/(2/5)= 15

you need 15 storage bags
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