SOLUTION: if the school supply store has 24 pencils,and 1/4 of them are green,how many green pencils does the school supply store have? please help me understand
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Question 812959: if the school supply store has 24 pencils,and 1/4 of them are green,how many green pencils does the school supply store have? please help me understand
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 24 pencils all together.
1/4 of them are green. Think of putting
the 24 pencils into four equal sized piles.
Each pile would have 6 pencils.
So 1/4 of 24 pencils is 6 pencils.
6 pencils are green.