Question

Matthew bought 12 roses for his mother. Exactly 1 of the roses were white. How many of the roses were white?

Answer 1

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What is $\sf{\displaystyle\frac{1}{4}}$ of 12?

In order to find it, we should divide 12 by 4:-

3

Now, solve our word problem:-

Matthew bought 12 roses. $\sf{\displaystyle\frac{1}{4} }$ of these roses were white.

And we already know how to solve this problem :)

Hence,

$\bigstar{\boxed{\pmb{3~of~the~roses~were~white}}}$

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