Question

At the party, the cake is cut into quarters (fourths). Twelve candles are put on the cake. Greedy Greg eats three-quarters of the cake. How many candles does he get?

A.3
B.4
C.6
D.9

Answer 1

so the cake is cut into quarters (4ths)....so there are 4 pieces....12/4 = 3...3 candles per quarter.

Greedy Greg eats 3/4 of the cake....so he eats 3 of the pieces...and if there are 3 candles per piece...then he gets 3 * 3 = 9 candles <==

thats if the candles are spread out evenly and not just put in one corner of the cake...lol

Answer 2

assuming the candles are equally spaced

the cake is cut into 4ths, so 4 pieces of cake

12 candles divided by 4 pieces = 3 candles per piece

if he ate 3/4 of the cake he ate 3 pieces

3 *3 = 9 candles.