My father bought many iterms at a store that was going out of business. He bought two picture frames, four baskets for my mother, and a super - sized bag of jolly ranchers. My sister and I each ate 1/4 of the total candies in the bag and there were still 40 left. How many candies were originally in the bag??

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My father bought many iterms at a store that was going out of business.  He bought two picture frames, four baskets for my mother, and a super - sized bag of jolly ranchers.  My sister and I each ate 1/4 of the total candies in the bag and there were still 40 left.  How many candies were originally in the bag??

anonymous · Answer

1/4 * x = 40
x = 40*4
x=160

anonymous · Answer

thats worng

anonymous · Answer

wrong*

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much for your help

anonymous · Answer

sorry if am wrong

anonymous · Answer

and it wasn't 1/4 for each one??? in total 2/4??

anonymous · Answer

well 40 more candies were left right? so that means 40 must equal 3/4

anonymous · Answer

so the question is, what times 3 equals 40

anonymous · Answer

u there

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Im sorry a little slow

anonymous · Answer

so how could you solve the problem

anonymous · Answer

ur right, missread each one 1/4, so 2/4=1/2, the answer is 80

anonymous · Answer

they ask me to show how to solve the problem

anonymous · Answer

1/4 + 1/4 = 2/4 = 1/2
40 : 1/2 = 40 * 2 = 80

anonymous · Answer

ohhhhh !!!   thank you so much this is for my son because he's having a lot of trouble in math and I didn't know how to solve the problem

anonymous · Answer

Thank you very very much for all your help

anonymous · Answer

fan botton maybe hahha, sorry i was wrong

anonymous · Answer

no thank you, I didn't know how to start

anonymous · Answer

it's dificult for me because it was a long time since I went to the school
I don't remember a lot of things

anonymous · Answer

thanks to me  hah im just kidding