Question
Jen had a packet containing red, silver and purple stamps. There were 415 silver stamps. There were 412 fewer silver stamps than purple stamps.
  1. How many purple stamps were there?
  2. Jen gave away all her red stamps equally to her 8 sisters. Each of her 8 sisters received 85 red stamps. How many red stamps did Jen have at first?
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Jen had a packet containing red, silver and purple stamps. There were 415 silver stamps. There were 412 fewer silver stamps than purple stamps.
  1. How many purple stamps were there?
  2. Jen gave away all her red stamps equally to her 8 sisters. Each of her 8 sisters received 85 red stamps. How many red stamps did Jen have at first?