Candies

There are 150 candies in the bowl. Ivan took 7 thirtieths, Charles 6 fifteenths, and Thomas 3 tenths. How many sweets are left in the bowl?

Correct answer:

x =  10

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} q=1-{\displaystyle \frac{7}{30}}-{\displaystyle \frac{6}{15}}-{\displaystyle \frac{3}{10}}={\displaystyle \frac{1}{15}}\doteq 0.0667 \\ x=150\cdot q=150\cdot 0.0667=10 \end{gathered}$$

Try another example

Related math problems and questions:

• There 14
  There are 250 people in a museum. 2/5 of the 250 people are girls 3/10 of the 250 people are boys The rest of the 250 people are adults Work out the number of adults in the museum.
• Thomas 2
  Thomas is 56 3/4 inches tall. Jillian is 1 3/8 inches shorter than Thomas and Jane is 1 1/5 inches shorter than Jillian. How tall is Jane? Label the names on the tape diagram to represent this problem. Jane Jillian Thomas Excellent!
• Steps
  Peter walked a distance of 60 m 102 steps. How many steps must he take to walk 150 m?
• Andre
  Andre, Thomas, and Ivan split 88 postage stamps in a 2:5:4 ratio. How much did Thomas get?
• School
  There are 150 pupils in grade 5 . 2/3 of them are female. By what fractions are the males?
• Tomatoes
  There were 2414 crates of tomatoes in the barn, but 735 crates of tomatoes were rotten and had to be thrown out. Joe sold 813 crates and canned 756 crates of tomatoes. How many crates of tomatoes does Joe have left?
• Sweets
  Mom bought box of sweets for their children.Whole package of 137 sweets divided among 5 their children so that each child receives the most and for she remains the least sweets. How many sweets left for mom.
• Concert
  On a Concert were sold 150 tickets for CZK 360, 235 tickets for 240 CZK and 412 for 180 CZK. How much was the total revenues for tickets?
• On Children's
  On Children's Day, the organizers bought 252 chewing gums, 396 candies and 108 lollipops. They want to make as many of the same packages as possible. Advise them what to put in each package and how many packages they can make this way.
• Cash back
  After a trip 24 students have left more than 650 but less than 690 CZK (Kc). How much each student receives return when the amount is divisible by the number of pupils?
• A bottle 2
  A bottle contain 255 coins 1/3 of the coins are £1 cons 110 of the coins are 50p coins the rest of the coins are 20p coins. What is the total value of the coins contained in the bottle.
• Cupcakes
  In a bowl was some cupcakes. Janka ate one third and Danka ate one quarter of cupcakes. a) How many of cookies ate together? b) How many cookies remain in a bowl? Write the results as a decimal number and in notepad also as a fraction.
• In the bowl
  There are 12 pears in the bowl. Erik ate a third. How many pears remained in the bowl?
• Euros
  Peter, Jane, and Thomas have together € 550. Tomas has 20 euros more than Jane, Peter € 150 less than Thomas. Determine how much has each of them.
• Cake fractions
  Thomas ate 1/3 of cake, Bohouš of the rest of the cake ate 2/5. What fraction of cake left over for others?
• How many
  How many integers are greater than 547/3 and less than 931/4?
• Find unknown number
  What is the number between 50 and 55 that is divisible by 2,3,6,9?