Question

Joe and Jill decided to buy notebooks to donate to the local elementary school. Jill bought 3 times as many notebooks as joe. If they purchased 68 notebooks in total, how many did Jill purchase?

Answer 1

51

Explanation:

If you do 68/4 since Jill bought 3/4 of notebook, you will get 17.

Now, since Jill has 3/4 notebooks, you multiply 17 by 3. You then get the answer, 51.