Question
Jean had a packet containing brown, black and silver stamps. There were 550 black stamps. There were 407 fewer black stamps than silver stamps.
  1. How many silver stamps were there?
  2. Jean gave away all her brown stamps equally to her 3 sisters. Each of her 3 sisters received 78 brown stamps. How many brown stamps did Jean have at first?
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Jean had a packet containing brown, black and silver stamps. There were 550 black stamps. There were 407 fewer black stamps than silver stamps.
  1. How many silver stamps were there?
  2. Jean gave away all her brown stamps equally to her 3 sisters. Each of her 3 sisters received 78 brown stamps. How many brown stamps did Jean have at first?