Question

molly went to the beach and collected a bag of seashells. she kept half the bag. she gave the other half to jack and beth. jack got 3 times as many as beth. if beth got 8 seashells, how many did molly collect at the beach?

Answer 1

48 seashells

Answer 2

thanks so much!

Answer 3

No problem

Answer 4

Actually wait its 64

Answer 5

64 shells

Answer 6

You get this by multiply the number beth has by 3 which gives you 24 you can add beths 8 to the 24 which gives you 32 and then since they only had half the shells you double this number to get your final answer