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Mason has a giant oak tree in his front yard. It has 9^3 leaves on the tree. all the leaves fall, and Mason rakes 9 piles of leaves with equal number of leaves in each pile. How many leaves are in each pile?

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81 leaves in each pile

9^3 = 729

729/9 = 81

You divide the number of leaves (729) by the number of piles of leaves (9) so that you know how many leaves are in each pile.
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