Ben put all his stickers into 25 large albums and 15 small albums. Each large album can hold 20 more stickers than each small album.
16 of his stickers were put into all the small albums and the rest were put into the large albums. How many stickers can be put into one small album?
| |
Large albums
(1) |
Small albums
(2) |
| Number |
25 |
15 |
| Value |
1 u + 20 |
1 u |
| Total value |
25 u + 500 |
15 u |
Comparing total stickers in
large albums and
small albums |
5 p |
1 p |
Total number of stickers in large albums
= 25 x (1 u + 20)
= 25 u + 500
25 u + 500 =
5 p --- (1)
15 u = 1 p --- (2)
(2)
x5
75 u =
5 p --- (3)
(3) = (1)
75 u = 25 u + 500
75 u - 25 u = 500
50 u = 500
1 u = 500 ÷ 50 = 10
Number of stickers in one small album
= 1 u
= 10
Answer(s): 10
