Question

Tansneem has 40 toffees she gave 3/5 of it to ghazala ghazala gave 1/6 of her own share to her younger brother how much toffees ghazala brother got???​

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of toffees, number of toffees given to Ghazala and number of toffees Ghazala gave from her own share to her brother.

To find:

Number of toffees Ghazala's brother got.

Solution:

Total number of toffees = 40

Number of toffees given to Ghazala

$= \frac{3}{5} \: of \: 40$

$= \frac{3}{5} \times 40 \: ( \times \: by \: 5)$

$= 24$

Number of toffees given to Ghazala's brother

$= \frac{1}{6} \: of \: 24$

$= \frac{1}{6} \times 24 \: ( \times \: by \: 6)$

$= 4 \: toffees$

Answer:

Number of toffees given to Ghazala's brother = 4 toffees