3 children have a total of 2500 stickers.
Bryan has 2 times as many stickers as Charlie.
Adam has 600 stickers more stickers than Charlie.
- How many stickers do Bryan and Charlie have?
- How many stickers does Charlie have less than Bryan?
- How many stickers does Charlie have less than Bryan and Adam?
(a)
Choose the person with least stickers to be 1 u.
Number of stickers that Charlie has = 1 u
Number of stickers that Bryan has = 2 u = 2 u
Number of stickers that Adam has = 1 u + 600
Total number of stickers
= 1 u + 2 u + 1 u + 600
= 4 u + 600
4 u + 600 = 2500
4 u = 2500 - 600
4 u = 1900
1 u = 1900 ÷ 4 = 475
Number of stickers that Bryan and Charlie have
= 2 u + 1 u
= 3 u
= 3 x 475
= 1425
(b)
Number of stickers that Charlie has less than Bryan
= 2 u - 1u
= 1 u
= 1 x 475
= 475
(c)
Number of stickers that Charlie has less than Bryan and Adam
= (2 u + 1 u + 600) - 1 u
= 2 u + 600
= 2 x 475 + 600
= 950 + 600
= 1550
Answer(s); (a) 1425; (b) 475; (c) 1550