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Cassie has 1/2 lb of sugar in her cabinet. Her cake recipe calls for 2/10 of a lb of sugar. How many cakes can she make?

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Cass can make 3 cakes
User Jon Kruger
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2/10 = .2
1/2 = .5
So if we take .5 and divide that by .2 we would get 2.5. Cassie has enough to make 2 full cakes.
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