Fiona had a packet containing gold, brown and red marbles. There were 391 brown marbles. There were 413 fewer brown marbles than red marbles.
- How many red marbles were there?
- Fiona gave away all her gold marbles equally to her 4 cousins. Each of her 4 cousins received 70 gold marbles. How many gold marbles did Fiona have at first?
(a)
Number of brown marbles that Fiona had = 391
Number of red marbles that Fiona had
= 391 + 413
= 804
(b)
Number of gold marbles that Fiona had
= 70 x 4
= 280
Answer(s): (a) 804; (b) 280