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Steve has 2 and one half cups of flour for one of his recipes requires one 8th cup of flour, what is the maximum number of times Steve can complete the recipe.

User Osie
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Answer: the answer is 20

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User Cybertoast
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Answer:

20 times

Explanation:

We know that the recipe requires an eighth of a cup of flour (1/8 or 0.125) but in total Steve has 2 and a half, that is (2 1/2 or 2.5). To know the result we must divide the total amount by what is needed for 1 recipe, that is:

2.5 / 0.125 = 20

Which means that Steve with the flour he has can make the same recipe a total of 20 times

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