There are 110 marbles in a basket. 0.5 of them are green marbles, and the rest are silver and yellow marbles. If there are 14 as many silver marbles as yellow marbles. How many yellow marbles are there?
| Green marbles |
Silver marbles |
Yellow marbles |
Total |
| 1 u |
1 u |
2 u |
| |
1 p |
4 p |
|
0.5 =
510 =
12 Fraction of marbles that are silver and yellow marbles
= 1 -
12 =
12 Total number of marbles = 2 u
2 u = 110
1 u = 110 ÷ 2 = 55
Number of silver marbles and yellow marbles
= 1 u
= 1 x 55
= 55
Number of silver and yellow marbles
= 1 p + 4 p
= 5 p
5 p = 55
1 p = 55 ÷ 5 = 11
Number of yellow marbles
= 4 p
= 4 x 11
= 44
Answer(s): 44
