A hungry elf ate 10 of your muffins. That was 5/8 of all of them! With how many did you start?

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Benjamin Holland

Mathematics

20 March, 00:43

A hungry elf ate 10 of your muffins. That was 5/8 of all of them! With how many did you start?

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Nikhil Turner · Answer 1

Answer:16 muffins

Davian Pratt · Answer 2

The elf ate 5/8 of the 10 muffins you had to figure out how many were eaten,

1. you have to multiply 5/8 by 10

5/8 · 10 = 6.25

2. now to figure out how many are left, subtract 6.25 from 10

10 - 6.25 = 3.75