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A cafeteria wants to buy 2,500 plastic spoons. If each package contains 500 plastic spoons, how many packages should the cafeteria buy?

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2500/500 equals 5 so the cafeteria should buy 5 packages
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Answer: 5 packages

Explanation:

As the cafeteria wants to buy 2500 spoons but they come in packages of 500 we should divide.

2500/500= 5 packages

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