Question

Mr. Burke had 40 pencil. He gave his class 1/5 of the pencils.Then he packed away 1/4 of the pencils that reminded. All the other pencil were faulty,so he threw them away. How many pencils were thrown away

Please help me

Answer 1

26 pencils were thrown away.

Explanation:

1/5 = 8/40

1/4 = 6/32

add them together 18/40

26 were thrown out