Question
There were some silver, blue and red pencils in a box. 213 of the pencils were blue. The ratio of the number of silver pencils to the number of red pencils was 4 : 7. There were 330 fewer blue pencils than red pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver pencils to the number of blue pencils to the number of red pencils in the box.
  2. How many red pencils were there?
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There were some silver, blue and red pencils in a box. 213 of the pencils were blue. The ratio of the number of silver pencils to the number of red pencils was 4 : 7. There were 330 fewer blue pencils than red pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver pencils to the number of blue pencils to the number of red pencils in the box.
  2. How many red pencils were there?