Question

Amanda invited 5 friends over for a sleepover. They decided to bake cupcakes. By the end of the night they had baked 6 dozen cupcakes. If the girls planned to use a third of the cupcakes for a bake sale and wanted to split the rest equally, how many would each girl receive?​

Answer 1

correct me if i’m wrong but i think the answer is 4.8

reasoning: a dozen is 12 so 6 times 12 is 72 and a third of that is 24 so i did 24 divided by 5 (24/5) and got 4.8

Answer 2

8

Explanation:

After saving 1/3 of 6 dozen for the bake sale, the girls had 2/3 of 6 dozen left to split between them. Each of the 6 girls would receive 2/3 of 1 dozen, or 12×2/3 = 8 cupcakes.