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Sam is baking a cake. He needs 1/4 cup of sugar for each cake. One bag of sugar has 1/2 cup' of sugar. How many bags of sugar does he need to make 8 cakes? Use an explanation and solution.

A. 2 bags of sugar
B. 4 bags of sugar
C. 16 bags of sugar
D. 8 bags of sugar

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Answer:

C

Explanation:

Because if he needs 8 cakes and it cake needs 1/4 cups of sugar because if you double that would be 2/4 which is 16/4 because 2 x 8 = 16.

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