A ratio that is equivalent is 18:48
He had 40 pencils left after he gave away 8, so originally he had 40 + 8 pencils, which is 48.
Now, he bought 4 packages, which had a total of 48 pencils, so divide 48 by 4, which is 12. He had 12 pencils in each package.
To determine the solution arithmetically, first add 8 to 40, then divide 48 by 4.
To determine the solution algebraically, set up and solve the equation 40 = 4x - 8.
Each package contained 12 pencils.
Hope this helps
12.3 or 12 3/10
4.5 + 7.8 = 12.3
or
4 10/20 + 7 16/20 = 11 26/20
11 26/20 can be simplified to 12 6/20 and further simplified to 12 3/10
Is you do the answer first 725 times 493 it would equal 357,425
then i just did lana first because it was easy and it came out to 357,425
tamir way of solving the problem was wrong equaling 281,815
Length of the original ribbon = 2/3 yard
Length of the ribbon in which the actual ribbon has to be cut = 1/12 yards
The above information's are already given in the question. It is required to find the number of pieces that the ribbon can be cut with the length that is already mentioned.
Then
Number of pieces that will be there = (2/3)/(1/12)
= (2 * 12)/3
= 24/3
= 8
So the actual ribbon can be cut into 8 pieces and each piece will have a length of 1/12 yards. Hopefully the procedure for doing this problem is clear to you. this is the easiest method for attempting these kind of problems.
