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A slap is correct.
Then follow up with the unclear task.
First answer is 16 - 4 = 12 12 /4 = 3 3+4=7
However it could also mean that 16/4 =4 and then 4+0 =4
Or you could also understand that Tracey wants 3 quarters so she would have 12
It does say "remaining quarter" which is definitely meant to be a quarter of what's left. With word problems, you generally follow the order the statements are made. So your first assumption is correct.
16-4=12
Rachel is left with twelve bars, which we need for the next part of the statement.
12/4=3
Tracey asks for a "remaining quarter" and thus takes three.
4+3=7
Tracey now has 7 bars.
It's just a terribly phrased sentence. Appropriately worded and still coded correctly, it should say something like:
But that's not what is being asked. What you're talking about is a quarter of the remaining candy. What they're asking is "the remaining quarter" implying what she has left is a quarter of what she originally had.
Meaning she must've had 48 before everyone started stealing her candy.