PSLEJulie had two strings of the same length. She cut the first string into equal parts of length 80 cm and to each part she tied 2 brown paper cranes. After that, she cut the second string into equal parts of length 90 cm and to each part she tied 5 black paper cranes. When she finished tying, she counted that there were 44 more black paper cranes than brown paper cranes. How many paper cranes were there altogether?
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First string |
Second string |
Difference |
Total |
Length of each part |
80 cm |
90 cm |
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Number of balloons tied to each part |
2 brown balloons |
5 black balloons |
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LCM |
720 cm |
720 cm |
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Number of equal parts |
720 ÷ 80 = 9 |
720 ÷ 90 = 8 |
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Number of balloons for each string per set |
9 x 2 = 18 |
5 x 8 = 40 |
40 - 18 = 22 |
18 + 40 = 58 |
LCM of 80 and 90 = 720
Number of sets of 2 brown paper cranes in a length of 720 cm
= 720 ÷ 80
= 9
Number of brown paper cranes in a length of 720 cm
= 9 x 2
= 18
Number of sets of 5 black paper cranes in a length of 720 cm
= 720 ÷ 90
= 8
Number of black paper cranes in a length of 720 cm
= 8 x 5
= 40
Extra number of black paper cranes in a length of 720 cm
= 40 - 18
= 22
Number of sets of paper cranes
= 44 ÷ 22
= 2
Total number of paper cranes in one set of 720 cm of brown balloons and one set of 720 cm of black balloons
= 18 + 40
= 58
Total number of paper cranes of the two strings
= 2 x 58
= 116
Answer(s): 116