Carly had some chocolates. She gave 178 chocolates to her neighbour and 2/5 of the remainder to her daughter. With the remaining chocolates, she gave 1/3 of the chocolates to her son and then had 256 chocolates left. How many chocolates had she at first?
2 Answers
Carly had
Explanation:
Let Carly had
She gave
Remaining are
remaining were
i.e.
Now
remaining were
i.e.
Hence
Hence,
and
Carly had
The number of chocolates she started with is 818
Explanation:
Breaking the question down into its component parts:
Carly had some chocolates:
She gave 178 to her neighbour:
then she had 256 chocolates left:
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Cross multiply (same as multiply both sides by
Add 178 to both sides