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a group of four students is performing an experiment with salt. each student must add three eights teaspoon of salt to a solution. the group only has one eight teaspoon measuring spoon.how many times will the group need to fill the measuring spoon in order to perform the experiment

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3/8 divided by 1/8 = 3 Each student must fill the tablespoon 3 times
3 times 4 = 12 Multiplied by four (because there are 4 students) to get total number of times needed to fill the measuring spoon

The group must fill the 1/8 tsp 12 times in order to perform the expirement

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