Gerald is a furniture maker. He has 672 pieces of wood and he wants to make some tables and chairs. It takes 12 pieces of wood to make a table and 8 pieces of wood to make a chair. How many chairs can he make if he makes 24 tables?
How many pieces of wood does each table take? ** Each table takes 12 pieces of wood to make so 24 tables will take 24*12 = <<12*24=288>>288
How many pieces of wood are left? ** There were originally 672 pieces of wood so now there are 672-288 = <<672-288=384>>384 pieces left
How many chairs can he make? ** 8 pieces of wood make 1 chair so 384 pieces can make 384/8 = <<384/8=48>>48 chairs
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