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216 cherry pieces in 6 bags of candy. how many pieces per bag

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36 per bag

devide both numbers by 3

User Billrichards
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what you have to do here is divide the number of candy by the number of bags:


(216)/(6) = (108)/(3) =36

So the answer is: 36 sweets per bag!

I simplified the fraction by first dividing both numbers by and then dividing both numbers by 3.
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