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At the party, the cake is cut into quarters (fourths). Twelve candles are put on the cake. Greedy Greg eats three-quarters of the cake. How many candles does he get?

A.3
B.4
C.6
D.9

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texaschic101
so the cake is cut into quarters (4ths)....so there are 4 pieces....12/4 = 3...3 candles per quarter.

Greedy Greg eats 3/4 of the cake....so he eats 3 of the pieces...and if there are 3 candles per piece...then he gets 3 * 3 = 9 candles <==

thats if the candles are spread out evenly and not just put in one corner of the cake...lol
musiclover10045

assuming the candles are equally spaced

 the cake is cut into 4ths, so 4 pieces of cake

 12 candles divided by 4 pieces = 3 candles per piece

 if he ate 3/4 of the cake he ate 3 pieces

3 *3 = 9 candles.