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Brett asked George and Danielle to help him hang up 30 posters for a school dance. He gave 1/5 of the posters to George . He gave 1/3 of the remaining posters to Danielle. Brett hung the remaining posters. How many posters did Brett hang???
 Mar 17, 2014

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Melanie:

Brett asked George and Danielle to help him hang up 30 posters for a school dance. He gave 1/5 of the posters to George . He gave 1/3 of the remaining posters to Danielle. Brett hung the remaining posters. How many posters did Brett hang???



George gets 30/5 =6 posters
Remaining posters = 30 - 6 = ...
Danielle gets Remaining posters/3 = ...
Therefore Brett hangs 30 - 6 - Danielle's posters = ...

I'll leave you to fill in the blanks.
 Mar 17, 2014

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