Question

Cruz is the editor of a magazine.

The magazine has 40 pages.

The magazine must have:
20% of the pages for adverts
1/4 of the pages for photos
the remaining pages for articles.

Work out the number of pages for articles in the magazine.
Show your working out.

Answer 1

22

Explanation:

20% * 40 = 20 / 100 * 40 = 800 / 100 = 8

1/4 * 40 = 40 / 4 = 10

So far we have use 8 + 10 = 18

There are 40 - 18 pages left

articles = 22