Question

Geetha bought 120 sweets . She gave 1/4 of the sweets to her grandmother and 5/12 of the remaining to her grandfather how many sweets are left with her

Answer 1

52.5 sweets

Explanation:

Given data

Total sweet= 120 sweet

She gave 1/4 of the sweets to her grandmother

=1/4*120

=30 sweets

Remaining sweet= 120-30= 90 sweets

She gave 5/12 of the remaining to her grandfather

=5/12*90

=450/12

=37.5 sweets

Balance of sweets

=90-37.5

=52.5 sweets