Question

Grace has 12 sweets she eats a quarter of them. how many sweets are left?

Answer 1

Answer:

grace has 12 chocolates

she ate quarter of them means 12/4

=3

therefore she ate 3

Answer 2

Given:

Total number of sweets = 12

Sweets that were eaten = Quarter

To Find:

How many sweets were eaten by Grace

Solution:

Let the sweets eaten be = x

Thus, sweets eaten were quarter which is 1/4 of the total sweets, hence

it will be = x/4.

Using the formula -

Sweets eaten = Total sweets/Eaten sweets

Substituting the values -

= 12/4

= 3

Answer: Three sweets were eaten by Grace