Question

A begger on the street can make one cigarette out of every 6 cigarette butts he finds. After one whole day of searching and checking public ashtrays the begger finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How many cigarettes can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

Answer 1

He can make 1 cigarette for every 6 cigarette butts he finds, and he finds 72 cigarette butts. Right? So how many times does 6 go into 72?

Answer 2

yes i have got it
14
If the begger can make a whole cigarette from 6 butts then he can make 12 cigarettes from the 72 he found. Once he smokes those, he then will have another 12 butts, which gives him enough to make another 2 cigarettes. A total of 14.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Good job! It's all good.