Question
There were some red, green and yellow pencils in a box. 111 of the pencils were green. The ratio of the number of red pencils to the number of yellow pencils was 3 : 7. There were 270 fewer green pencils than yellow pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of red pencils to the number of green pencils to the number of yellow pencils in the box.
  2. How many yellow pencils were there?
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There were some red, green and yellow pencils in a box. 111 of the pencils were green. The ratio of the number of red pencils to the number of yellow pencils was 3 : 7. There were 270 fewer green pencils than yellow pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of red pencils to the number of green pencils to the number of yellow pencils in the box.
  2. How many yellow pencils were there?