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Gino used 3/4 of the nails in a box. He has 16 nails left. How many did he use?
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Gino used 3/4 of the nails in a box. He has 16 nails left. How many did he use?

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Gino used 48 nails

If you take 16 and times it by 4, you get 64, you times it by four to get 4/4 which is the whole nail box. So 64-16 is 48 which is then 3/4 of the nail box.
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