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there are 4 cups of almonds in a bag a serving of almonds is 0.25 cup how many 0.25-cup serving are in a bag of almonds

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Answer:

16 servings

Explanation:

Start with how many quarter-cups are in a cup: 4, right?

Because:

0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 1

Or:

1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1

So if there are 4 servings in a cup, and 4 cups in the bag, do you see what you have to do? Multiply:

4 servings/cup x 4 cups = 16 servings

See how "cups" cancelled out, leaving "servings," which is what we wanted.

Or from the very begining you could've just divided, since the units are the same:

4 cups ÷ 0.25 cups/serving = ?

Your calculator will tell you that's 16 servings, same as before.

Or you could visualize 0.25 as the fraction 1/4 and do it that way:

4 cups ÷ 1/4 cup/serving = ?

Do you remember how when you're dividing by a fraction you get to flip it and multiply? So:

4 cups x 4 servings/cup = 16 servings

Be sure to flip the units too, like I did there.

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