Question
There were some black, gold and silver markers in a box. 112 of the markers were gold. The ratio of the number of black markers to the number of silver markers was 4 : 7. There were 318 fewer gold markers than silver markers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black markers to the number of gold markers to the number of silver markers in the box.
  2. How many silver markers were there?
4 m
(a)

Click button first when a symbol is required. X

(b)

Click button first when a symbol is required. X

There were some black, gold and silver markers in a box. 112 of the markers were gold. The ratio of the number of black markers to the number of silver markers was 4 : 7. There were 318 fewer gold markers than silver markers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black markers to the number of gold markers to the number of silver markers in the box.
  2. How many silver markers were there?