Question

Gavin had 96 timber logs. he use 2/3 of the logs to build a cabinet and used 5/8 of the remaining logs to make a pet house. How many logs did he have left

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

So, let's take 2/3 of 96 logs-- so 2/3 multiplied by 96 gets 64. That means that 64 of the logs were used to build a cabinet, meaning that 32 logs were left over. (96-64=32)

Now, 5/8 of the logs that were left over were used for a pet house. Take 5/8 of 32 logs and you get 20 logs. This means that 20 logs were used for the pet house and 12 were remaining left over overall.