As they say, beggars can't be choosers, in fact beggars take what they can get. A beggar 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 beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How man cigarette butts can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

Will Medal!:)

Question

As they say, beggars can't be choosers, in fact beggars take what they can get. A beggar 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 beggar finds a total of 72 cigarette butts. How man cigarette butts can he make and smoke from the butts he found?

Will Medal!:)

superflytyguy · Answer

Is this really your math question?

mikeymaximum · Answer

I say 12 cigarettes
:) :D

bohotness · Answer

its simple
they said the beggar can make 1 cigarette out of 6 butts
he got 72 butts
there are 12 number of 6 butts in 72 butts
because 6x12=72
so he can make 12 cigarettes out of 72 butts if he can make 1 cigarette out of 6 butts.

mikeymaximum · Answer

Smoking is bad tho
surely not a good thing

superflytyguy · Answer

the answer is 72 / 6 = 12

But still that's what in the math books these days?

bohotness · Answer

:D

mikeymaximum · Answer

Haha
(whispers) yall said butts

zbrandz23 · Answer

You're right on the money @bohotness :D thanks:)