There were some white, pink and purple staplers in a box.
213 of the staplers were pink. The ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of purple staplers was 4 : 7. There were 315 fewer pink staplers than purple staplers.
- Find the ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of pink staplers to the number of purple staplers in the box.
- How many purple staplers were there?
Pink |
White |
Purple |
Total |
2 |
11 |
13 |
|
4 |
7 |
|
2 u |
4 u |
7 u |
13 u |
(a)
White : Pink : Purple
4 : 2 : 7
(b)
Number of fewer pink staplers than purple staplers
= 7 u - 2 u
= 5 u
5 u = 315
1 u = 315 ÷ 5 = 63
Number of purple staplers
= 7 u
= 7 x 63
= 441
Answer(s): (a) 4 : 2 : 7; (b) 441