Problem:
Alice is making a batch of cookies and needs cups of sugar. Unfortunately, her measuring cup holds only cup of sugar. How many times must she fill that cup to get the correct amount of sugar?
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Solution:
Filling the cup times will give Alice cup of sugar. To get cups of sugar, she must fill it times.
The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions