Mrs. Olivett gave her four children a large sack of candy corn to share. Marcos ate 1/2of the candy corns in the sack and passed the sack to Rachel. Rachel ate 1/3 of the remaining candy corns and passed the sack to Freddy. Freddy then ate 1/4 of the candy corns that remained and passed the sack to Britt. Britt ate the last 12 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn did Marcos eat?

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venomblast · Answer

go backwords.

anonymous · Answer

do you just add everything backwards?

venomblast · Answer

no i guess multiply

anonymous · Answer

thanks youu!

venomblast · Answer

wait. i may be wrong.. what did you get. word problem is my biggest weakness in math

anonymous · Answer

i think its sorta wrong... Marcos ate like 247500 candy corn

venomblast · Answer

that too much.

anonymous · Answer

i knoww....

venomblast · Answer

i meant to say there are 288 candies in total. marcos ate 144

venomblast · Answer

rachel ate 96, and freddy ate 36 britt ate the last 12