Question
There were some pink, purple and grey notebooks in a box. 110 of the notebooks were purple. The ratio of the number of pink notebooks to the number of grey notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 308 fewer purple notebooks than grey notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of pink notebooks to the number of purple notebooks to the number of grey notebooks in the box.
  2. How many grey notebooks were there?
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There were some pink, purple and grey notebooks in a box. 110 of the notebooks were purple. The ratio of the number of pink notebooks to the number of grey notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 308 fewer purple notebooks than grey notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of pink notebooks to the number of purple notebooks to the number of grey notebooks in the box.
  2. How many grey notebooks were there?