Question

i buy One box of candy I eat 1/4 of the candy and later I eat 1/2 .now I have only 6 candies. how many candies the box have at the beginning ?

Answer 1

you had 16 candies to start with a quarter of 16 is 12 and half of 12 is 6.

Answer 2

Lets go backwards, you ate half and ended up with 6, so you had 12, before that you ate one fourth, 12 times 4 is 48, so you had 48 pieces, lets check it, 48 divided by 4 is 12, and half of that is 6... it all adds up.  _________________________________________________________________-----Quick Answer- 48 pieces.