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Luke is making pizzas. He had 4 1/2 cups of pepperoni. If he uses 2/3 cup of pepperoni to make 1 pizza, how many pizzas can he make? Use a model to show your work.

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Final answer:

Luke can make 6 3/4 pizzas.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many pizzas Luke can make, we need to divide the total amount of pepperoni he has by the amount of pepperoni needed for one pizza.

He has 4 1/2 cups of pepperoni, and each pizza needs 2/3 cup.

We can set up a division problem:
4 1/2 cups ÷ 2/3 cup = (9/2) ÷ (2/3) = (9/2) × (3/2) = 27/4 = 6 3/4

Therefore, Luke can make 6 3/4 pizzas.

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