Ibuy a box of candy, i eat 1/4 of candy lather i eat 1/2 more. now i have only 6 candies.
how many candies they where in the box at the beginning. explain me how to do this problem

First, you multiply the number by 2, to find how many you had before you ate 1/2 of the candies.

6*2=12

Next, you would divide the number you just got, in this case it would be 12, by 3, because there is 3/4 of the original candy left

12/3=4

This means 1/4 of the original candies was 4, so you add 4 to 12 to find the final answer.

4+12=16

You had 16 candies in the beginning.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense.

You have to work backwards. Add the two fractions together. That's 3/4. If you end up with 6, then 6 is 1/4 of the amount of candies you had in the first place. Multiply 6 by 4 to get the answer. :)

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