andrew read 24 pages of a book on Monday. He read 5/12 of the book on Monday and completed the remaining 1/4 on Tuesday. How many pages are in the book?
number of pages ---- x
(5/12)x = 24
x = 24(12/5) = 57.6 ???
You have confusing information.
According to your wording the 24 pages he read on Monday were 5/12 of the total,
but that came out to a partial page.
Is that what you wanted?
Were there perhaps 3 days?
Read what is it on pages 5 12
To find out how many pages are in the book, we need to calculate the total number of pages Andrew read on Monday and Tuesday.
Let's start with Monday:
We are given that Andrew read 24 pages of the book on Monday, which represents 5/12 of the total book. To find the total number of pages in the book, we can set up the proportion:
(24 pages) / (Total number of pages) = (5/12)
To solve for the total number of pages, we need to cross multiply:
24 * 12 = 5 * (Total number of pages)
288 = 5 * (Total number of pages)
Now divide both sides of the equation by 5 to isolate (Total number of pages):
288 / 5 = Total number of pages
Total number of pages = 57.6
However, it is not possible to have a fraction of a page, so we round up to the nearest whole number since a book cannot have a fraction of a page.
Therefore, the total number of pages in the book is 58.