Adam has 40 stickers.
Adam has 4 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 4 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 = 4 u
Total number of stickers = 1 u + 4 u = 5 u
5 u = 40
1 u = 40 ÷ 5 = 8
Number of blue stickers
= 4 u
= 4 x 8
= 32
(b)
Number of more blue stickers than green stickers
= 4 u - 1 u
= 3 u
= 3 x 8
= 24
(c)
Total number of stickers
= 4 u + 1 u
= 5 u
= 5 x 8
= 40
(d)
Number of less green stickers than blue stickers
= 4 u - 1 u
= 3 u
= 3 x 8
= 24
Answer(s): (a) 32; (b) 24; (c) 40; (d) 24