Elementary Brain Teaser

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Yellow Candy

Posted: July 7, 2025

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Cassidy has a 3.14 ounce bag of M&Ms. The bag contains 96 M&Ms. She decides to share her candy by giving Michelle one-fourth of two-third of her M&Ms. Michelle decides to share her M&Ms with Katelyn by giving Katelyn two-thirds of three-fourths of her M&Ms. If half of Katelyn’s M&Ms are yellow, how many yellow M&Ms does Katelyn have?

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