Question
There were some silver, blue and red staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were blue. The ratio of the number of silver staplers to the number of red staplers was 4 : 7. There were 270 fewer blue staplers than red staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver staplers to the number of blue staplers to the number of red staplers in the box.
  2. How many red staplers were there?
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There were some silver, blue and red staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were blue. The ratio of the number of silver staplers to the number of red staplers was 4 : 7. There were 270 fewer blue staplers than red staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver staplers to the number of blue staplers to the number of red staplers in the box.
  2. How many red staplers were there?