Question

Tyrone read a book for his school project. On the first day, he read 40 pages. On the second day, he read 1 4 of the remaining pages. After the second day, he still had to read 1 2 of the total number of pages to complete the book. How many pages are there in the book?

Answer 1

70 pages. (If by 1 4 and 1 2, you mean fractions.)

Explanation:

1/4 of 40 is 10. This is calculated by dividing 40 by 4, since the denominator in 1/4 is 4.

1/2 of 40 is 20. This is calculated by dividing 40 by 2, since the denominator in 1/2 is 2.

Add that together and that's 70.

Answer 2

160

Explanation:

he read 40 pages on the first day. he read 1/4 of the remaining pages, and still had 1/2 of the book to read. this means that 40 is about 1/4 and to find the total amount of pages, you have to multiply 40 by 4.

40 x 4 = 160

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