There are five times as many brown blazers as silver blazers in a sale. If there are 144 brown and silver blazers altogether,
- how many brown blazers are there?
- how many more brown blazers than silver blazers?
(a)
Number of silver blazers = 1 u
Number of brown blazers
= 5 x 1 u
= 5 u
Total number of blazers
= 5 u + 1 u
= 6 u
6 u = 144
1 u = 144 ÷ 6 = 24
Number of brown blazers
= 5 u
= 5 x 24
= 120
(b)
Number of more brown blazers than silver blazers
= 5 u - 1 u
= 4 u
= 4 x 24
= 96
Answer(s): (a) 120; (b) 96