jonathan bought 12 pencils. he gave his brother 1/2 of the pencils and gave his friend 1/4 of the pencils. how many pencils did his friend get

(1/2) * 12 = 6

(1/4) * 12 = 3

To find out how many pencils Jonathan's friend got, we need to determine 1/4 of the total number of pencils he bought.

First, we calculate 1/4 of 12:
1/4 * 12 = (1 * 12) / 4 = 12/4 = 3

Therefore, Jonathan's friend received 3 pencils.