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Mrs. Santos baked 25 cookies. 3 fifths of the cookies were oatmeal. How many oatmeal cookies did Mrs. Santos bake?

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Answer: 15 oatmeal cookies.

Explanation:

There were 25 cookies baked.

Out of these, 3/5 are oatmeal cookies.

The amount of actual oatmeal cookies is:

= fraction of oatmeal cookies * total number of cookies

= 3/5 * 25

= 75 / 5

= 15 oatmeal cookies.

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