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?

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anonymous · Answer

I hope no mods remove this one for no reason.

jtvatsim · Answer

Haha! Mathematics in the real-world must be the title of this textbook.

anonymous · Answer

xD

anonymous · Answer

12

bananas1234 · Answer

72 divided by 6 = 12

bananas1234 · Answer

ha ha but funny question! not sure why a school ect. would ask that

anonymous · Answer

6 butts = 1 cigarette 
1 butt = 1/6 cigarette
72 butts = 72 * 1/6 cigarettes = 12 cigarettes

anonymous · Answer

The answer is 14.