Question

Ms. Smith made 30 cupcakes. She put vanilla icing 1/3 of the cupcakes and chocolate icing on 1/2 of the remaining cupcakes. The rest will get strawberry icing. How many cupcakes will get strawberry icing?

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

Step 1: 1/3 of 30 cupcakes for vanilla icing

=10 cupcakes for vanilla icing

Step 2: 30 - 10 cupcakes = 20 remaining cupcakes

1/2 of 20 cupcakes for chocolate icing

=10 cupcakes for chocolate icing

Step 3: 20 - 10 cupcakes= 10 remaining

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• • 10 cupcakes will get strawberry icing

Answer 2

10

Explanation:

Let's break it down:

• We need to remove the third of ALL the cupcakes that got Vanilla Icing. 1/3 of 30 is 10. This means you need to subtract 10 from the original 30.
• This leaves 20 left
• Half of the remaining 20 will get Strawberry Icing.
• 1/2 of 20 is 10 (the amount getting Strawberry Icing)