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Mr. Lowery has 8 3/4 pounds of ground beef that he will use to make hamburgers for a picnic. What is the maximum number of quarter-pound hamburgers he can make?

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If each burger is 1/4 th of a pound, he can make a maximum of 35 hamburgers

3 from the 3/4ths and 32 from the 8

32+3 = 35
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