Mr. Lawrence baked 24 cookies. 2 thirds of the cookies were oatmeal. How many oatmeal cookies did Mr. Lawrence bake?
why say it twice? sheesh!
2/3 * 24 = 16
To find out how many oatmeal cookies Mr. Lawrence baked, we need to calculate two-thirds of the total number of cookies.
First, let's calculate two-thirds of 24 cookies:
(2/3) * 24 = (2 * 24) / 3 = 48 / 3 = 16
Therefore, Mr. Lawrence baked 16 oatmeal cookies.
Mr. Lawrence baked 24 cookies. 2 thirds of the cookies were oatmeal. How many oatmeal cookies did Mr. Lawrence bake?
Mr. Strand baked 24 cookies. 3 fourths of the cookies were oatmeal. How many oatmeal cookies did Mr. Strand bake?
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Mr. Strand baked
oatmeal cookie