Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions.
Some stickers are given to 4 children.
Christian has
16 of the stickers.
Adam has
12 of the remaining stickers.
David has
49 of the rest of the stickers.
Bryan has the rest.
Let the number of stickers that Christian has be 1 u.
- Number of stickers that Adam has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that David has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
(a)
Change fraction into units.
Number of stickers that Christian has = 1 u
Fraction of the stickers given to Adam, Bryan and David
= 1 -
16 =
56 Number of remaining stickers = 5 u
Number of stickers that Adam has
=
12 x 5 u
=
52 u
= 2
12 u
(b)
Fraction of the remaining stickers given to David and Bryan
= 1 -
12=
12 Number of stickers that David has
=
12 x
49 x 5 u
= 1
19 u
(c)
Fraction of the rest of the stickers given to Bryan
= 1 -
49=
59Number of stickers that Bryan has
=
12 x
59 x 5 u
= 1
718 u
Answer(s): (a) 2
12; (b) 1
19; (c) 1
718