The amount of flour you need is (3\(\frac{5}{8}\) - 1) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{29}{8} \) - \( \frac{8}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{21}{8} \) cups
2\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

The distributive property for division helps in solving expressions like \({b + c \over a}\). It specifies that the result of dividing a fraction with multiple terms in the numerator and one term in the denominator can be obtained by dividing each term individually and then totaling the results: \({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\). For example, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{75}{8} \) = 9\(\frac{3}{8}\)

So, it will take 9 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 10 vans.

The least common multiple (LCM) is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more integers.