Question

Three friends went to a restaurant and found some pieces of cake in front of them. Shanti took one-fourth of them and returned 3. Sameera took one-half of them and returned one. John took one-seventh of them and returned none. What is the initial number of pieces of cake if there were 6 at the end?

Answer 1

The options for this question are missing, here are the missing options:

a) 10

b) 24

c) 12

d) 08

Answer

The correct answer for this question is OPTION C) 12

In order to solve this question we will take the multiples of 1/4 and when we try to do that we will get this:

24,12 and 8

So if we analyze each number carefully, 8 cannot be the option as it is stated in the question there are only 6 left behind and if we take 24 the answer will be in decimals so taking 12 is the only option we have, so the final answer for this question is 12.

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