Oakville School received 416 new paint brushes. 5⁄8 are thick brushes and 3/8 thin brushes. How many thick brushes did they receive?

Answer 1

1. What you would need to do first is multiply 416 by 5/8 which would look like this: 416 * (5/8). Your answer is 260 for the thick brushes.
2. Then, you subtract 416 and 260 to receive the answer of 156 for thin brushes. Or what you could do is this: 416 * (3/8) to receive the same answer.
3. An easier way to figure it out is this: If you divide 416 by 8, your answer is 52. 52 is 1/8 of 416. 52 = 1/8 or 416. 104 = 1/4 of 416 and so on and so forth. For each 1/8 of 416, you add 52 every time.