There are 105 beads in a basket. 0.2 of them are brown beads, and the rest are green and pink beads. If there are 34 as many green beads as pink beads. How many pink beads are there?
| Brown beads |
Green beads |
Pink beads |
Total |
| 1 u |
4 u |
5 u |
| |
3 p |
4 p |
|
0.2 =
210 =
15 Fraction of beads that are green and pink beads
= 1 -
15 =
45 Total number of beads = 5 u
5 u = 105
1 u = 105 ÷ 5 = 21
Number of green beads and pink beads
= 4 u
= 4 x 21
= 84
Number of green and pink beads
= 3 p + 4 p
= 7 p
7 p = 84
1 p = 84 ÷ 7 = 12
Number of pink beads
= 4 p
= 4 x 12
= 48
Answer(s): 48
