Question

Sarah has one-third the number of cookies as Steve. Steve has 8 more cookies than Sarah. How many cookies do Sarah and Steve have together?

Answer 1

the answer would be 16

Explanation:

sarah has 1/3 the amount of cookies steve does.

Due to this info we see that 2/3= 8 more cookies

divide 8/2 you get 4

then you see that if you multiply 4*3 you get 12

4 is 1/3 of 12

sarah has 4

steve has 12

so in total they have 16 cookies

Hope this helps