Adam has 20 sweets he eats a quarter of them how many does he have left?
A quarter means 1/4. There's 2 ways you can approach this problem.
Approach #1:
Adam eats a quarter, or 1/4 of the sweets. So he eats:
20 * 1/4 = 5
Remaining sweets = Total Apples - Eaten Apples
Remaining sweets = 0 - 5
Remaining sweets= 15
Approach #2:
If Adam eats 1/4 of the sweets, this means he has:
1 - 1/4 sweets remaining.
Since 1 equals 4/4, we have:
4/4 - 1/4 = 3/4
Therefore, he has 20 * 3/4 sweets remaining.
This is 60/4, or 15
A quarter means 1/4. There's 2 ways you can approach this problem.
Approach #1:
Adam eats a quarter, or 1/4 of the sweets. So he eats:
20 * 1/4 = 5
Remaining sweets = Total Apples - Eaten Apples
Remaining sweets = 0 - 5
Remaining sweets= 15
Approach #2:
If Adam eats 1/4 of the sweets, this means he has:
1 - 1/4 sweets remaining.
Since 1 equals 4/4, we have:
4/4 - 1/4 = 3/4
Therefore, he has 20 * 3/4 sweets remaining.
This is 60/4, or 15