Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions
Some stickers are given to 3 children.
Adam has
512 of the stickers.
Bryan has
15 of the remaining stickers.
Charlie has the rest of the stickers.
Let the total number of stickers be 12 u.
- Number of stickers that Adam has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Charlie has = _____ u
- Difference between the number of stickers that Charlie and Bryan have = _____ u
(a)
Change fractions into units.
Number of stickers that Adam has = 5 u
(b)
Fraction of the stickers given to Bryan and Charlie
= 1 -
512 =
712 Number of stickers that Bryan has
=
15 x 7 u
=
75 u
= 1
25 u
(c)
Fraction of the remaining stickers given to Charlie
= 1 -
15=
45 Number of stickers that Charlie has
=
45 x 7 u
=
285 u
= 5
35 u
(d)
Difference in the number of stickers that Charlie and Bryan have
= 5
35 u - 1
25 u
= 4
15 u
Answer(s): (a) 5; (b) 1
25; (c) 5
35; (d) 4
15