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Sheet # 15 Critical Thinking

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Jena works in a cycle shop that sells bicycles and tricycles. Yesterday she sold 10 cycles with 24 wheels. How many of these were bicycles and how many were tricycles?












































Answers for sheet # 15

Bicyles Tricycles Total Wheels
2 x 12 cycles = 24 0 24 wheels
2 x 9 cycles = 18 3 x 2 tricycles = 6 24
2 x 6 = 12 3 x 4 = 12 24
2 x 3 = 6 3 x 6 = 18 24
0 3 x 8 = 24 24