Three identical boxes contain 120 tokens in total. One quarter of the tokens was taken from each box. How many tokens were taken altogether?
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- First find out how many chips are in one box.
- Find a quarter of 40 and multiply by 3.
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Answer: 30
Each box contains 40 tokens, and one quarter of 40 is 10. Taking 10 from each of three boxes gives 30.