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A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of milk to make 2 cakes. How much milk do you need to make 5 cakes?

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Answer:

6 1/4 cups

Explanation:

So you need 2 1/2 cup of milk to make 2 cakes and you're trying make 5 cakes which is not an even number.

So you divide 2 1/2 by 2 and get 1 1/4.

Next you multiply by 5 to get your answer and you get 5 5/4.

When you simplify that you get 6 1/4.

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