Question
Mary had a packet containing brown, red and silver marbles. There were 569 red marbles. There were 288 fewer red marbles than silver marbles.
  1. How many silver marbles were there?
  2. Mary gave away all her brown marbles equally to her 6 cousins. Each of her 6 cousins received 85 brown marbles. How many brown marbles did Mary have at first?
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Mary had a packet containing brown, red and silver marbles. There were 569 red marbles. There were 288 fewer red marbles than silver marbles.
  1. How many silver marbles were there?
  2. Mary gave away all her brown marbles equally to her 6 cousins. Each of her 6 cousins received 85 brown marbles. How many brown marbles did Mary have at first?