Question

There is a box of chocolates and one person easts one-fourth of the pieces and another person eats one-half

of the remaining pieces. If there are now six pieces left, then how many pieces were originally in the box?

Answer 1

16 - Original number of chocolates in the box.

Explanation:

C = 6 / (3/8) =6 x (8/3) =48 / 3 = 16