Question
There were some grey, brown and black staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were brown. The ratio of the number of grey staplers to the number of black staplers was 4 : 5. There were 327 fewer brown staplers than black staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of grey staplers to the number of brown staplers to the number of black staplers in the box.
  2. How many black staplers were there?
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There were some grey, brown and black staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were brown. The ratio of the number of grey staplers to the number of black staplers was 4 : 5. There were 327 fewer brown staplers than black staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of grey staplers to the number of brown staplers to the number of black staplers in the box.
  2. How many black staplers were there?