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Lyndsey has 4 ½ cups of ice cream and wants to give each child at the shelter ½ cup of ice cream. How many children can she serve?

A.4


B. 5


C. 8


D. 9

User Yosbel
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Answer:

9 children.

Explanation:

4 1/2 / 1/2

= 9/2 / 1/2

= 9/2 * 2

= 18/2

= 9.

User Omar Bakhsh
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Answer:

d

Explanation:

2 halfs for each cup and the extra 1 equals 9 total

User Tomasz Maj
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