Mrs. Nicholas baked two batches of cookies. The first batch consisted of 120 gingerbread cookies and the second batch consisted
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Answer:
pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
Each person will eat 1/3 pound of chicken, and there are 8 people. So, we want eight 1/3 pounds. We can write this as an addition problem:
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3
This addition problem is equivalent to the multiplication problem: 8 * (1/3)
Both will yield the same result: 8/3 pounds = pounds, and that's the answer.
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