A shop only sold gold, brown and grey cardigans.
811 of the cardigans in the shop were grey and 52 cardigans were brown. If
111 of the cardigans were gold, how many cardigans were there in the shop?
Fraction of the cardigans that were brown
= 1 -
811 -
111= 1 -
811 -
111=
211
Total number of cardigans = 11 u
Number of cardigans that were brown = 2 u = 52
= 52 ÷ 2
= 26
Total number of cardigans
= 11 u
= 11 x 26
= 286
Answer(s): 286
