Question

The math club is selling candlesfor a fundraiser. Loretta sold 3/8 of her candles on Monday and 1/4 of her candles on Tuesday. she still has 6 candles left. How many candles did she sell? Show your work.

Answer 1

We need to have common denominators to figure it out.1/4=2/8 so she sold a total of 5/8 of her candles. That means 3/8 of her candles is 6. 1/8 equals 2 so she sold 10 candles.

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