Adam has 30 stickers.
Adam has 2 times as many blue stickers as green stickers.
- Number of blue stickers = _____
- Number of more blue stickers than green stickers = _____
- Total number of stickers = _____
- Number of less green stickers than blue stickers = _____
(a)
The number of blue stickers is 2 times the number of green stickers.
The number of green stickers is the smaller group.
Number of green stickers = 1 u
Number of blue stickers = 2 u
Total number of stickers = 1 u + 2 u = 3 u
3 u = 30
1 u = 30 ÷ 3 = 10
Number of blue stickers
= 2 u
= 2 x 10
= 20
(b)
Number of more blue stickers than green stickers
= 2 u - 1 u
= 1 u
= 1 x 10
= 10
(c)
Total number of stickers
= 2 u + 1 u
= 3 u
= 3 x 10
= 30
(d)
Number of less green stickers than blue stickers
= 2 u - 1 u
= 1 u
= 1 x 10
= 10
Answer(s): (a) 20; (b) 10; (c) 30; (d) 10