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Rodrigo made 6/8 of a pound of trail mix. If he puts 1/4 of a pound into each bag, how many bags can Rodrigo fill?

User InfZero
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Answer:3 1/4=2/8 if it's 6/8 then you divide and get three.

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Answer:

He can fill 3 bags

Explanation:

You would first make them have a common denominator so you would have 2/8 instead of 1/4 then you would do 6/8 divided by 2/8 to get 3

1/4 = 2/8

6/8 divided by 2/8 = 3

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