Once you find a common denominator, do you add or multiple the top?

Una caja de galletas contiene 16 paquetes y cada una de estas tiene 12 galletas y se quieren repartir entre 6 niños ¿de cuantas galletas le toca a cada niño?

Need ! the total ticket sales for a high school basketball game were $2,260. the ticket price for students were $2.25 less than the adult ticket price. the number of adult tickets sold was 230, and the number of student tickets sold was 180. what was the price of an adult ticket?

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