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Matthew bought 12 roses for his mother. Exactly 1 of the roses were white. How many of the roses were white?

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Sagot :

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What is [tex]\sf{\displaystyle\frac{1}{4}}[/tex] of 12?

In order to find it, we should divide 12 by 4:-

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Now, solve our word problem:-

Matthew bought 12 roses. [tex]\sf{\displaystyle\frac{1}{4} }[/tex] of these roses were white.

And we already know how to solve this problem :)

Hence,

[tex]\bigstar{\boxed{\pmb{3~of~the~roses~were~white}}}[/tex]

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Hope everything is clear; if you need any clarification/explanation, kindly let me know, and I will comment and/or edit my answer :)