Kimberly had a packet containing red, purple and pink erasers. There were 340 purple erasers. There were 375 fewer purple erasers than pink erasers.
- How many pink erasers were there?
- Kimberly gave away all her red erasers equally to her 6 sisters. Each of her 6 sisters received 94 red erasers. How many red erasers did Kimberly have at first?
(a)
Number of purple erasers that Kimberly had = 340
Number of pink erasers that Kimberly had
= 340 + 375
= 715
(b)
Number of red erasers that Kimberly had
= 94 x 6
= 564
Answer(s): (a) 715; (b) 564