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Alex bought 9 2/3 pounds of hamburger meat for a cookout. He plans to make 1/3 pound hamburgers.What is the maximum number of 1/3 pound hamburgers Alex can make?

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It’s 29 hamburgers because 1 hamburger is 1/3 of beef then 9 pounds equals 27 burgers and then you have the left over 2. So it is 29
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29 you divide 1/3 by 9 and add the extra 2
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