Question

Amelia collected 54 pieces of candy during Halloween. Of those 54 pieces, five-ninths had chocolate in them. Two-thirds of the ones that didn't have chocolate were gum. How many pieces of the 54 were gum? Show how you found your answer.
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Answer 1

$\frac{5}{9}$ of 54 are the ones which have chocolate , so we need to multiply the fraction by 54

$\frac{5}{9} *54 =30$

Since 30 pieces of candy have chocolate, then 24 don't have it. $\frac{2}{3}$ of the last number are the ones which have gum, multiply $\frac{2}{3}$ by 24 to get the answer:

$\frac{2}{3} *24=16$

The answer is : 16 pieces of candy have gum

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