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Miss Weight's recipe for Soup calls for

1 1/4 teaspoons of salt. She wants to
use 1/2
that amount. How much salt
Will she use?

1 Answer

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Answer: 5/8 of a teaspoon of salt

Explanation:

half of 1 is 1/2 or 4/8

half of 1/4 is 1/8

4/8 + 1/8 = 5/8

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