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The Smith family has a two-and-a-half-foot-long sandwich to share. One-half foot of the sandwich will serve one person. How many one-half foot servings are in this sandwich?

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13-05-2018

To find the amount of servings, we divide the total sandwich by the amount given to one person:
2 1/2 / 1/2
This can simplify into:
5/2 / 1/2
Dividing a fraction is basically multiplying it's flipped side:
5/2 * 2
10/2 = 5
There are 5 servings in the sandwich

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