There are 108 marbles in a basket. 0.5 of them are yellow marbles, and the rest are black and brown marbles. If there are 18 as many black marbles as brown marbles. How many brown marbles are there?
Yellow marbles |
Black marbles |
Brown marbles |
Total |
1 u |
1 u |
2 u |
|
1 p |
8 p |
|
0.5 =
510 =
12 Fraction of marbles that are black and brown marbles
= 1 -
12 =
12 Total number of marbles = 2 u
2 u = 108
1 u = 108 ÷ 2 = 54
Number of black marbles and brown marbles
= 1 u
= 1 x 54
= 54
Number of black and brown marbles
= 1 p + 8 p
= 9 p
9 p = 54
1 p = 54 ÷ 9 = 6
Number of brown marbles
= 8 p
= 8 x 6
= 48
Answer(s): 48