Adam has 80 stickers.
Adam has 7 times as many green stickers as red stickers.
- Number of green stickers = _____
- Number of more green stickers than red stickers = _____
- Total number of stickers = _____
- Number of less red stickers than green stickers = _____
(a)
The number of green stickers is 7 times the number of red stickers.
The number of red stickers is the smaller group.
Number of red stickers = 1 u
Number of green stickers = 7 u
Total number of stickers = 1 u + 7 u = 8 u
8 u = 80
1 u = 80 ÷ 8 = 10
Number of green stickers
= 7 u
= 7 x 10
= 70
(b)
Number of more green stickers than red stickers
= 7 u - 1 u
= 6 u
= 6 x 10
= 60
(c)
Total number of stickers
= 7 u + 1 u
= 8 u
= 8 x 10
= 80
(d)
Number of less red stickers than green stickers
= 7 u - 1 u
= 6 u
= 6 x 10
= 60
Answer(s): (a) 70; (b) 60; (c) 80; (d) 60