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Mrs. Larson baked 25 cookies. 3 fifths of the cookies were oatmeal. How many oatmeal cookies did Mrs. Larson bake?

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Answer:

15 oatmeal cookies

Explanation:

Without writing it out, a method you could use to figure this out is by first dividing 25 by 5, which is 5. Next, multiply the numerator, 3, by 5 to get 15.

Therefore, 15 of the 25 cookies were oatmeal cookies.

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