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Alex made 36 cookies. 1/4 of the cookies were chocolate chip. 1/3 of the cookies were oatmeal. The rest of the cookies were peanut butter. How many peanut butter cookies did Alex made?

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Answer:

5

Explanation:

number of chocolate chip cookies = 36 × ¼ = 9

number of oatmeal cookies = 36 × ⅓ = 12

36 - 9 - 12 = 15

Alex made 15 peanut butter cookies.

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