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Val wants to buy her mom a gift to thank her for being a good mom.  Val decides to buy a piece of jewelry.  At the store she sees that 1/2 of the jewelry is necklaces.  1/4 of the jewelry is pins.  The rest of the jewelry is 8 bracelets and 8 rings.  How many pieces of jewelry does the store have?

Answer 1

So, Valencia, you should realize quickly that 3/4 of the jewelry is necklaces or pins, since 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4.

 

This means that the 16 bracelets and rings are the other 1/4 of the jewelry.

 

If 16 is 1 part of 4, then each of the 4 parts is 16 and there are 64 pieces of jewelry altogether.

 

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