A shop only sold yellow, pink and silver sweaters.
811 of the sweaters in the shop were silver and 56 sweaters were pink. If
111 of the sweaters were yellow, how many sweaters were there in the shop?
Fraction of the sweaters that were pink
= 1 -
811 -
111= 1 -
811 -
111=
211
Total number of sweaters = 11 u
Number of sweaters that were pink = 2 u = 56
= 56 ÷ 2
= 28
Total number of sweaters
= 11 u
= 11 x 28
= 308
Answer(s): 308
