Mrs. Chen read it. Then she smiled. “You’re right. The publisher sent a correction last year. Tom should have given away 18 stickers, not 24. How did you figure this out?”
Eleven-year-old Mira stared at the problem on page 47 of her My Pals Are Here Maths 5B workbook. It wasn't just any problem. It was a nightmare dressed as a fraction: Jerry had ⅚ as many stickers as Tom. After Tom gave away 24 stickers, Jerry had twice as many as Tom. How many stickers did Jerry have? My Pals Are Here Maths 5b Workbook Answers Free
If Jerry had 80, and that was ⅚ of Tom’s original, then Tom originally had 96 stickers. If Tom gave away 24, he had 72 left. And yes—80 was not twice 72. Wait. That meant… the free answer was . “You’re right
And that, she learned, was the most solid answer of all. How did you figure this out