strategy

[Guest]

karyn enjoys reading nature books. Half of her books are about birds. One fourth are about wildflowers, and the remaining 2 are about wildlife. How many nature books does she have?

What strategy do I need to use to solve this problems?

Please and Thank-you!

Bowier4!

 

[mathstresser]

you know 1/2 and 1/4 are gone, so only 1/4 of her books are left...

so- 1/4 are about wild life

1/4 of what number is 2?
can be made into the equation
(1/4)x=2

So, you solve for x... that is your number of books....