Farmer Brown had some animals. One-fourth were horses, one-half were cows, and the rest were pigs. He had 8 pigs. How many animals did he have altogether?

I know you would get a common denominator for 1/4 and 1/2 which would be 4 so you would have 1/4+2/4= 3/4 and then take 4/4 -3/4 which would be 1/4 pigs, but I can't get the rest

Well, as you said, if 1/4 were horses and 1/2 were cows, then that leaves a fourth left of pigs.

Since there are 8 pigs, that means there must be 8 horses, too. And since two fourths make a half, there are 16 cows. Add them all up, and there are 32 animals!

If you have any more questions, write another response back. I hope I helped!

There would be 32 because 8 pigs = 1/4 of your answer. So 8 times 4 = 32 :)

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To solve this problem, let's break it down step by step.

1. Determine the fraction of animals that are pigs:
We know that one-fourth of the animals are horses, half of the animals are cows, and the remaining animals are pigs. So, the fraction of animals that are pigs would be one minus the sum of the fractions for horses and cows i.e. 1 - (1/4 + 1/2).

2. Simplify the fraction:
To simplify the fraction, we need to find a common denominator for 1/4 and 1/2, which is 4. So, let's convert 1/4 and 1/2 to have a common denominator:
1/4 can be converted to 2/8 (since 1/4 * 2/2 = 2/8).
1/2 can be converted to 4/8 (since 1/2 * 4/4 = 4/8).

3. Subtract the fractions:
Now, we can subtract the fractions: 1 - (2/8 + 4/8) = 1 - 6/8 = 8/8 - 6/8 = 2/8.

4. Determine the number of animals:
We are given that the number of pigs is 8. So, to find the total number of animals, we need to set up a proportion:
(Number of pigs) / (Fraction of animals that are pigs) = (Total number of animals) / 1.

Plugging in the values:
8 / (2/8) = (Total number of animals) / 1.

Simplify the fraction on the left-hand side:
8 * (8/2) = (Total number of animals) / 1.
64 = (Total number of animals) / 1.

Therefore, Farmer Brown had a total of 64 animals altogether.