Jean had a packet containing silver, gold and pink buttons. There were 300 gold buttons. There were 354 fewer gold buttons than pink buttons.
- How many pink buttons were there?
- Jean gave away all her silver buttons equally to her 3 cousins. Each of her 3 cousins received 71 silver buttons. How many silver buttons did Jean have at first?
(a)
Number of gold buttons that Jean had = 300
Number of pink buttons that Jean had
= 300 + 354
= 654
(b)
Number of silver buttons that Jean had
= 71 x 3
= 213
Answer(s): (a) 654; (b) 213