Adam has 190 blue stickers, yellow stickers, red stickers and green stickers.
10% of the stickers are blue.
30% of the stickers are yellow.
The rest are red and green stickers.
There are 10 more red stickers than green stickers.
- How many green stickers are there?
- How many more yellow stickers than blue stickers?
Blue
|
Yellow
|
Red
|
Green
|
Total
|
1 u |
3 u |
6 u
|
10 u
|
|
|
1 p + 10 |
1 p |
|
(a)
10% =
10100 =
110 30% =
30100 =
310 Number of red and green stickers
= 10 u - 1 u - 3 u
= 6 u
10 u = 190
1 u = 190 ÷ 10 = 19
Number of red and green stickers
= 6 u
= 6 x 19
= 114
6 u = 2 p + 10
2 p + 10 = 114
2 p = 114 - 10
2 p = 104
1 p = 104 ÷ 2 = 52
Number of green stickers
= 1 p
= 52
(b)
Number of more yellow stickers than blue stickers
= 3 u - 1 u
= 2 u
= 2 x 19
= 38
Answer(s): (a) 52; (b) 38