Question

Reema bought pencils for school in August. She gave

1 / 2

of them to her friends. She used

3/4 of what she had left the first month of school. She now had 3 pencils left

How many pencils did she buy in August?

Answer 1

1/2 x 3/4 = 1/8

Explanation:

if you make a box

cut it into half

shade in 1/2

cut it into fourths

shade in one because it's only 1/2

count up all the boxes

count how many have both shaded in

and you get 1/8