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Mia has 3 cups of butter and makes the greatest number of whole batches of icing possible. The recipe requires 7/8 cups of butter. How much butter remains? Express your answer in simplest fraction form.
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Mia has 3 cups of butter and makes the greatest number of whole batches of icing possible. The recipe requires 7/8 cups of butter. How much butter remains? Express your answer in simplest fraction form.

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3/8.

Explanation: Shes uses 7/8 cups of a butter each time. Meaning 1/8th gets left over for every 3 cups she uses which makes 3/8ths. Hope this helps <3!!
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