Elyse had a packet containing silver, yellow and purple erasers. There were 319 yellow erasers. There were 326 fewer yellow erasers than purple erasers.
- How many purple erasers were there?
- Elyse gave away all her silver erasers equally to her 6 sisters. Each of her 6 sisters received 92 silver erasers. How many silver erasers did Elyse have at first?
(a)
Number of yellow erasers that Elyse had = 319
Number of purple erasers that Elyse had
= 319 + 326
= 645
(b)
Number of silver erasers that Elyse had
= 92 x 6
= 552
Answer(s): (a) 645; (b) 552