Question

I have 56 sweets. I give 2/7 to Adam. I eat 3/8 of the ones I still have. How many sweets do I have left?

Answer 1

19 sweets left

Explanation:

Add the fractional amount of how many you gave to Adam and the fractional amount of how many you ate.

2/7 + 3/8

16/56 + 21/56

37/56

You used/gave 37 sweets out of 56.

56 - 37 = 19

Answer 2

25 sweets.

Explanation:

If you have 56 sweets and you give 2/7 to Adam, you will have 5/7 of the sweets left. 56 * (5 / 7) = 8 * 5 = 40. So, you have 40 sweets left from giving 2/7 away to Adam.

If you eat 3/8 of the 40 sweets, you will have 5/8 of the 40 left. 40 * (5/8) = 5 * 5 = 25. You will have 25 sweets left; yum!

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