Question

one third of the people at a banquet ordered ice cream for dessert. the rest ordered pie. one forth of those requesting pie ordered Apple pie. Of 180 people attended the Bouquet, how many orders apple pie

Answer 1

30 people ordered apple pie

Explanation:

one third of the total people:

180/3 = 60

subtract the people who ordered ice cream, so that we have the total people who ordered pie:

180-60= 120

divide the total people by 4 to find the people who ordered apple pie

120/4 = 30

30 people ordered apple pie