Question

Mo has some red and green sweets He eats 1/3 of the sweets ¾ of the sweets left over are green Mo buys himself 30 more green sweets. There are now 162 green sweets. How many sweets did Mo start with?

Answer 1

176 sweets

Explanation:

162 - 30 = 132 this finds the 3/4 before he purchased more sweets.

132 divided by 3 = 44 This finds how many thirds their are. (We do 3 not 4 because 1/4 is already gone and there are only 3rds lefts.)

44 x 4 = 176 This finds the total before he purchased more.

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