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Postby nycmath » Wed Aug 26, 2026 2:21 am

Jack has 3 boxes of 500 marbles. If Jack gave away 1/2 of the marbles per box, how many marbles remain?
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Re: Boxes

Postby Eigenvalue » Fri Aug 28, 2026 7:07 am

3*(500-(0.5*500)
=3*(500*0.5)
=3*250
=750

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Re: Boxes

Postby nycmath » Fri Aug 28, 2026 10:09 am

Eigenvalue wrote:3*(500-(0.5*500)
=3*(500*0.5)
=3*250
=750


Perfect. Direct. easy.

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