Joe bought 2 dozen eggs at the store. On the way he dropped the eggs and broke 3/4 of them. How many eggs broke?
24 eggs * 3/4 = 24 *3 = 72
72/4 = 18 eggs broke
18/24 = 3/4
To find out how many eggs broke, we first need to determine the total number of eggs Joe had.
Joe bought 2 dozen eggs. Dozen is a term used to represent 12 items. So, 2 dozen eggs would be equal to 2 × 12 = 24 eggs.
Next, we need to determine the fraction of eggs that broke. The problem states that 3/4 of the eggs broke when Joe dropped them.
To calculate the number of eggs that broke, we can multiply the fraction that broke (3/4) by the total number of eggs (24).
(3/4) × 24 = (3 × 24) / 4 = 72 / 4 = 18
Therefore, Joe broke 18 eggs when he dropped them.