Problema Solution
Henery made 39 bird houses. Fifteen will remain unpainted. He wants to paint the rest. On Saturday he painted 1/3 of the bird houses. How many bird houses, k, are left to be painted?
Answer provided by our tutors
If 15 houses are to remain unpainted this means 38 - 15 = 24 houses will be painted.
(1/3) of 24 is (1/3)*24 = 8
k = 24 - 8
k = 16 houses
16 houses will be left to be painted.