There are 182 beads in a basket. 0.5 of them are white beads, and the rest are gold and pink beads. If there are 34 as many gold beads as pink beads. How many pink beads are there?
| White beads |
Gold beads |
Pink beads |
Total |
| 1 u |
1 u |
2 u |
| |
3 p |
4 p |
|
0.5 =
510 =
12 Fraction of beads that are gold and pink beads
= 1 -
12 =
12 Total number of beads = 2 u
2 u = 182
1 u = 182 ÷ 2 = 91
Number of gold beads and pink beads
= 1 u
= 1 x 91
= 91
Number of gold and pink beads
= 3 p + 4 p
= 7 p
7 p = 91
1 p = 91 ÷ 7 = 13
Number of pink beads
= 4 p
= 4 x 13
= 52
Answer(s): 52
