Question

Caleb and Leia collect stamps. caleb has 345 stamps in his collection. leia has 3/4 the number of stamps that Caleb has.

1- how many stamps does Leia have?
2- how many stamps do Caleb and Leia have combined?

Answer 1

1. Leia has about 259 stamps.

2. Together Caleb and Leia have about 604 stamps in total.

Explanation:

1. Multiply 3/4 or .75 by 345

- that will give you 258.75

- since you can not have a decimal amount of stamps you round up to the nearest number.

Answer: 259

2. Add your answer from the previous question to the know amount of stamps.

- 259 + 345 =

604