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A school group is helping plant a new city garden. Today, they used 12 1/2 pounds

of potting soil and planted 2/5 of the garden. How many more pounds of potting soil will they need to finish the garden tomorrow?

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They will need 13 more pounds because since in the sum 12 1/2 + 12 1/2 = 4/5 adding another 1/2 is 13 pounds

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