Question

Mr.Adams had 24 guests at his house for a party. Each guest brought one item. One-third of the guest bought drinks, one-fourth of the guest brought dessert, the rest brought chips. How many guest brought drinks?

Answer 1

8 guests brought drinks

Explanation:

Given;

- 24 guests total

- 1/3 brought drinks

- 1/4 brought dessert

- rest brought chips

Find;

- how many brought drinks

To solve this problem, all one has to do is multiply the fraction of guests who brought drinks by the total amount of guests.

1/3 * 24

= 8