Question

Chris was given 1/3 of the 84 cookies in the cookie jar. He ate 3/4 of the cookies that he was given. How many cookies did Chris eat?

Answer 1

21 cookies

Explanation:

1/3 × 84 = 28

3/4 × 28 = 21

Answer 2

21 cookies

Explanation:

First we know that Chris was given a third of 84 cookies so we can start working on this problem by figuring out what a third of 84 is. We can do this by multiplying 84 by 1/3 or just dividing by 3, which gives us: 84/3 = 28

So now we know that Chris was given 28 cookies, we can figure out what 3/4 of that is to work out how many cookies he ate. 28 x (3/4) = 21 cookies.

Chris ate 21 cookies.

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