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Six-eighths of the 24 nails in the toolbox are bent. How many bent nails are in the toolbox?

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it is 32

i hope this helped

User Chris Warth
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18
multiply six-eighths by 24
reduce 8 and 24 (divide them both by 8)
and you'd get 3 over 1 multiplied by 6 over 1
and you multiply 6 and 3 to get 18
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