Paull received 3 times as much candy as Haley, and split his candy evenly into 6 piles to eat later. How many ounces of candy would be in each pile?

Question

This is a two step word problem involving multiplication and division.

Answer 1

The problem cannot be answered because there is no information on the weight of any of the candy. For example, if Haley had one ounce of candy, Paull had 3 ounces and each pile would be half an ounce. but if Haley had 6 ounces, Paull would have 18 and each pile would be 3 ounces.