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A bag of flour is divided into 8 portions of 2 kilograms each. How much flour (in kilograms) was in three bags in total, before it was divided into portions?
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How many kilograms is a bag of flour? ** A bag of flour has 8 x 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 kilograms.
How many kilograms of flour are in 3 bags? ** So, there are 16 x 3 = <<16*3=48>>48 kilograms of flour in 3 bags.
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