Question
There were some pink, purple and grey staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were purple. The ratio of the number of pink staplers to the number of grey staplers was 4 : 5. There were 294 fewer purple staplers than grey staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of pink staplers to the number of purple staplers to the number of grey staplers in the box.
  2. How many grey staplers were there?
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There were some pink, purple and grey staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were purple. The ratio of the number of pink staplers to the number of grey staplers was 4 : 5. There were 294 fewer purple staplers than grey staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of pink staplers to the number of purple staplers to the number of grey staplers in the box.
  2. How many grey staplers were there?