Samuel bought 2 dozen doughnuts and Cathy bought 3 dozen doughnuts. They planned to share the doughnuts evenly with their 8 other friends. How many doughnuts will each of them receive?
What is the solution?
Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then Samuel has 2 x 12 = 24 doughnuts.
While Cathy has 3 x 12 = 36.
They both have 24 + 36 = 60 doughnuts together.
There are 8 friends + 1 (Samuel) + 1 (Cathy) = 10 that will share the doughnuts.
Thus, each of them will get 60/10 = 6 doughnuts.