A bird is building a nest from twigs. The bird has put twelve twigs together already to make a circle. For each twig it placed into the circle, it wants to weave in six more twigs to fill out the nest. It knows a tree that has dropped a third of the twigs it needs. How many twigs will the bird still need to find to finish its nest?
How many twigs does the bird want to add to the nest? ** The bird wants 12 * 6 = <<12*6=72>>72 twigs to add to the nest.
How many twigs has the tree dropped? ** It knows a tree that has dropped 72 * 1 / 3 = <<72*1/3=24>>24 twigs.
How many more twigs will the bird need to finish the nest? ** Thus, the bird will still need 72 - 24 = <<72-24=48>>48 twigs to finish the nest.
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