Question

Mary has a bag with 80 pieces of candy. She gives ¼ of her candy to John and 10% to Lisa. How much more candy did she give to John then Lisa?

Answer 1

He had 14 more pieces

Explanation:

So 80/4 is 20 pieces. So we know John has 20. Now she has 60 left since 80-20 is 60. Now 10 percent of 60 would be 6 pieces. We can subtract 6 from 20 to find out how many more pieces John had. 20-6 is 14. So John had 14 more than Lisa

Answer 2

12 pieces

Explanation:

80 pieces of candy

1/4 is 25% or 20 pieces of candy

10% would be 8 pieces of candy

subtract the two. Your answer is 12