Adam has 30 stickers.
Adam has 5 times as many green stickers as blue stickers.
- Number of green stickers = _____
- Number of more green stickers than blue stickers = _____
- Total number of stickers = _____
- Number of less blue stickers than green stickers = _____
(a)
The number of green stickers is 5 times the number of blue stickers.
The number of blue stickers is the smaller group.
Number of blue stickers = 1 u
Number of green stickers = 5 u
Total number of stickers = 1 u + 5 u = 6 u
6 u = 30
1 u = 30 ÷ 6 = 5
Number of green stickers
= 5 u
= 5 x 5
= 25
(b)
Number of more green stickers than blue stickers
= 5 u - 1 u
= 4 u
= 4 x 5
= 20
(c)
Total number of stickers
= 5 u + 1 u
= 6 u
= 6 x 5
= 30
(d)
Number of less blue stickers than green stickers
= 5 u - 1 u
= 4 u
= 4 x 5
= 20
Answer(s): (a) 25; (b) 20; (c) 30; (d) 20