Jasmine has a bag of 48 peanuts. She eats 3/4 of the bag during the baseball game. How many peanuts does she have left? Explain and show how you got the answer.

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asked Jan 9, 2020 144k views

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Ceklock · Answer 1 · 2020-01-14T07:34:10+0000

Answer:

12

Explanation:

If she eats 3/4 of the bag, that means she has 1-3/4 = 4/4 -3/4 = 1/4 of the bag left

The bag has 48 nuts. Take the number of nuts times the 1/4 she has left

48 * 1/4 = 12

She has 12 nuts left