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Miranda brought 24 cookies to share with her class. Two-thirds of the cookies are chocolate chip. How many are chocolate chip?

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Miranda has 24 cookies
24/3=8 , 8 represents 1/3 of the cookies
chocolate chip are two thirds 8*2=16
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Hey there
SO we know that the total amount that she brought is 24 cookies.
we also know that 2/3 of the cookies are choco chip.
So to find the answer we need to divide 24/3 which gives us 8 so one third of 24 is eight if we multiply 8 by two we get 16 which is 2/3 of 24.
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