Question

mrs.lia has 12 pounds of modeling clay.she divides the clay into 1/2 pound blocks.if mrs.lia sers aside 6 of the blocks and gives the rest to the students in her art class how many 1/2 pound blocks of clay does mrs.lia give to her class?

Answer 1

Initially quantity of modelling clay Mrs. Lia had =12 pounds

If she divides them into 1/2 pounds she will be having 24 blocks of half pound modelling clay.

Now out of these 24 half pound blocks she sets aside 6 .

Rest she gave to her art class.

Number of half pound blocks she gave to her art class = total number of half pound blocks - blocks she kept aside = 24 -6 =18

Answer : Mrs. Lia gave 18 blocks of half pound clay to her class.

Answer 2

She gives away 18 half pound blocks