Question

Carrie's head is full of curlers. There are 16 in all. One-fourth of the curlers are pink. There are many green curlers as pink ones. The rest are soda cans. How many cans are on Carrie's head?

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of curlers = 16

Pink Curlers = 1/4 of 16

Green Curlers = same with pink = 1/4 of 16

Soda Cans = 16 curlers minus pink and green curlers

To determine how many soda can curlers are in Carrie's head, let's determine first how many pink and green there are.

Since there are 1/4 of the curlers are pink, let's determine how many curlers exactly are pink by multiplying 1/4 to 16.

$\frac{1}{4}\times16=\frac{16}{4}=4$

Therefore, there are 4 pink curlers. Similarly, there are also 4 green curlers since it is stated in the problem that they have the same count.

So, 16 curlers minus 4 pink and 4 green curlers, there are 8 soda cans curlers in Carrie's head.