Question

Of a box of paper clips, 2/3 are red and the rest are green. If there are 120 red paper clips, how many green paper clips are there.

Answer 1

60 Green Paper Clips

Explanation:

120/2 = 60 (which would be 1/3)

Answer 2

There are 60 green paper clips.

Explanation:

if 2/3 of the box = 120 clips, then you can determine that 1/3 is 60, since 1/3 is half of 2/3. If 1/3 is 60, Since you already know that 2/3 is 120 clips, you add 60 to get 180 total clips, and 60 of them are green.