Question

6) You have a bag of candy. You eat half of the candy after lunch and a quarter

of what you have left after dinner. Now you have 3 pieces left. How many
candies did you start with?

Answer 1

you started with 6 candies

Explanation:

find the sum if 1/2 and 1/4 of the remaining half

1/2+1/4=3/4

therefore 3/4 of the candies has been eaten remaining 1/4 of the candies.

total fractions of candies =1

if 1/4 : 3

then 1: ?

if more, less divides

1÷1/4×3

1×4/1×3

12

there fore the total candies are 12 and since the question asked his much you started with, and you know you started with half of the total, find half of the total

1/2×12=6