SOLUTION: Rich purchased 4 cartons of candies. Each carton contains 18 boxes and each box contains 33 candies. If he gives one-sixth of the candies to 2 classes, each containing 11 children,

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Question 319084: Rich purchased 4 cartons of candies. Each carton contains 18 boxes and each box contains 33 candies. If he gives one-sixth of the candies to 2 classes, each containing 11 children, how many candies would each child get?

Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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"Rich purchased 4 cartons of candies. Each carton contains 18 boxes and each box contains 33 candies" 4%2A18%2A33=2376 candies
"one-sixth of the candies" 2376%2F6=+396 candies
"2 classes, each containing 11 children" 2%2A11=22 children
396 candies /22 children
18 candies per child