Question

There are 144 students in the school this year. One-quarter of the students have blue

eyes. One-sixth of the students have green/hazel eyes. Seven-twelfths of the students
have brown eyes. How many students have each of the three colours? SHOW ALL
OF YOUR WORK!

Answer 1

Blue eyes = 36

green eyes= 24

brown eyes = 84

Explanation:

144 divided by 4 is 36

144 divided by 6 is 24

144 divided by 12 is 12 and then multiplied by 7 is 84

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