Molly went to the beach and collected a bag of seashells. She kept half of her collection. She gave the other half to Beth and Jack. Jack received three times as many seashells as Beth. If Beth received 8 seashells, how many seashells did Molly collect at the beach? sixty-four fifty-six thirty-two twenty-four

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Molly went to the beach and collected a bag of seashells. She kept half of her collection. She gave the other half to Beth and Jack. Jack received three times as many seashells as Beth. If Beth received 8 seashells, how many seashells did Molly collect at the beach?   sixty-four   fifty-six   thirty-two   twenty-four

anonymous · Answer

If beth got 8  jack got 3x as many or 8*3
both of them together got the same ammount Molly kept because they both got half

so 8*3 (Jack)  +  8  (Beth)  =    32  or half of the sea shells originally found by Molly

anonymous · Answer

now you just multiply 32 times 2 and that's your answer  :)