Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions
Some stickers are given to 3 children.
Adam has
17 of the stickers.
Bryan has
27 of the remaining stickers.
Charlie has the rest of the stickers.
Let the total number of stickers be 7 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 = 1 u
(b)
Fraction of the stickers given to Bryan and Charlie
= 1 -
17 =
67 Number of stickers that Bryan has
=
27 x 6 u
=
127 u
= 1
57 u
(c)
Fraction of the remaining stickers given to Charlie
= 1 -
27=
57 Number of stickers that Charlie has
=
57 x 6 u
=
307 u
= 4
27 u
(d)
Difference in the number of stickers that Charlie and Bryan have
= 4
27 u - 1
57 u
= 2
47 u
Answer(s): (a) 1; (b) 1
57; (c) 4
27; (d) 2
47