There were some green, yellow and white staplers in a box.
111 of the staplers were yellow. The ratio of the number of green staplers to the number of white staplers was 3 : 7. There were 336 fewer yellow staplers than white staplers.
- Find the ratio of the number of green staplers to the number of yellow staplers to the number of white staplers in the box.
- How many white staplers were there?
Yellow |
Green |
White |
Total |
1 |
10 |
11 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
1 u |
3 u |
7 u |
11 u |
(a)
Green : Yellow : White
3 : 1 : 7
(b)
Number of fewer yellow staplers than white staplers
= 7 u - 1 u
= 6 u
6 u = 336
1 u = 336 ÷ 6 = 56
Number of white staplers
= 7 u
= 7 x 56
= 392
Answer(s): (a) 3 : 1 : 7; (b) 392