Brandon has been fired from half the businesses in town and has quit from a third of them. If there are 72 business in town, how many businesses can he still apply to?
First divide the total number of businesses by 2 to find how many businesses Brandon hasn't been fired from: 72 businesses / 2 = 
<gadget id="calculator">72/2</gadget>
<output>36</output>
36 businesses.
Then divide the total number of businesses by 3 to find how many businesses Brandon quit from: 72 businesses / 3 = 
<gadget id="calculator">72/3</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24 businesses.
Then subtract that number from the number of businesses he hasn't been fired from to find the number of businesses where he can still apply: 36 businesses - 24 businesses = 
<gadget id="calculator">36-24</gadget>
<output>12</output>
12 businesses.

<result>12</result>