There are six times as many brown shirts as pink shirts in a sale. If there are 126 brown and pink shirts altogether,
- how many brown shirts are there?
- how many more brown shirts than pink shirts?
(a)
Number of pink shirts = 1 u
Number of brown shirts
= 6 x 1 u
= 6 u
Total number of shirts
= 6 u + 1 u
= 7 u
7 u = 126
1 u = 126 ÷ 7 = 18
Number of brown shirts
= 6 u
= 6 x 18
= 108
(b)
Number of more brown shirts than pink shirts
= 6 u - 1 u
= 5 u
= 5 x 18
= 90
Answer(s): (a) 108; (b) 90