Red Candy
Elementary Brain Teaser - November 23, 2020
Cassidy has a large bag of Skittles. The bag contains 120 Skittles. Cassidy decides to share her candy by giving Katelyn three-fourths of two-thirds of her Skittles. Katelyn decides to share her Skittles with Kyle by giving Kyle three-fourths of two-thirds of her Skittles. If two-thirds of Kyle’s Skittles are red, how many red Skittles does he have?
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