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4.2 Exercise 150

Avg difficulty 2.5

Baking Nina is making 44 pans of fudge to serve after a music recital. For each pan, she needs 23\frac{2}{3} cup of condensed milk.

  1. ⓐ How much condensed milk will Nina need? Show your calculation. Write your result as an improper fraction and as a mixed number.
  2. ⓑ Measuring cups usually come in sets of 18,14,13,12,\frac{1}{8} , \frac{1}{4} , \frac{1}{3} , \frac{1}{2} , and 11 cup. Draw a diagram to show two different ways that Nina could measure the condensed milk she needs.

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