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Santa bought a bag of apples. The bag held 24 apples. He used 1/3 of them to make a pie. How many apples are left over?

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Given data:

Total number of apples: 24

Fraction of apples used: 1/3

To find the number of apples used divide 24 into 3:

Then, 1/3 of 24 is 8.

As the number of apples used is 8. The number of apples left over is:


24-8=16

Then, 16 apples are left over

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