Question

All old Mother Hubbard had in her cupboard was a Giant Bear chocolate bar. She gave each of her children one- twelfth of the chocolate bar. One third of the bar was left. How many children did she have?

A 6
B 8
C 12
D 15

Answer 1

Mother Hubbard had 18 children. option C is correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to use fractions. We know that Mother Hubbard gave each of her children one-twelfth of the chocolate bar. Since one-third of the bar was left after giving the children their share, that means two-thirds of the bar was given away.

So if two-thirds is equivalent to one-twelfth, we can set up a proportion to find the total number of children. We can write: 2/3 = 1/12 x, where x is the number of children. To solve for x, we can cross multiply: 2x = 3 x 12. Simplifying, we get 2x = 36. Dividing both sides by 2, we find x = 18. Therefore, Mother Hubbard had 18 children.