Question

1/4 of Shawn's socks are gray. He has 24 socks. How many gray socks does he have?

Answer 1

Solution

Shawn's has 24 socks

1/4 of them are grey, i.e 1/4 of 24 socks are grey,

The number of grey socks that Shawn have is

$=\frac{1}{4}\times24=6$

Hence, the number of grey socks he have is 6