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Mr. Smith is adding food coloring to water to create his own paint colors. He has 5 1/3 cups of water. to create a color, he needs 2/3 cups of water. How many paint colors in all can Mr. Smith create if he uses all the cups of water he has?

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Answer:

8 colors.

Explanation:

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8 Colors

If you make it an improper fraction it becomes 16/3 and 2/3, so now you can do 16/2, giving you 8 colors

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