Question

A math teacher has a large box of colored pencils for her students to use during class. Two-sevenths of pencils in the box are red. If there are 28 red pencils, determine the number of colored pencils in the box. Show how you found your answer

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

28 divided by 2/7 =8 8 times 3 =24 1/7 is left remaining 1/2 of 8 is 4 4+24=28