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4 people are going to a dinner party. Each person at the party will eat 5/6 pound of salad but you can only buy in pounds.If you can only buy whole pounds of salad, how many pounds should you buy?

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4 pounds (you need 3 2/6 pounds but if you can buy in whole pounds you need 4)
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