SOLUTION: Emma has 105 books. She donated 1/3 of her books to the second grade library. The second grade teacher took 6/7 of the books that she got from Emma and gave them to the third grade

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Question 1190086: Emma has 105 books. She donated 1/3 of her books to the second grade library. The second grade teacher took 6/7 of the books that she got from Emma and gave them to the third grade. How many of Emma’s books ended up in the third grade library?
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1/3 of her 105 books is the product of the two numbers or 35.
The second grade teacher took 6/7 of 35 or 30 books and gave them to the third grade library.
30 books.