Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions.
Some stickers are given to 4 children.
Adam has
25 of the stickers.
David has
12 of the remaining stickers.
Christian has
15 of the rest of the stickers.
Bryan has the rest.
Let the number of stickers that Adam has be 2 u.
- Number of stickers that David has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Christian has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
(a)
Change fraction into units.
Number of stickers that Adam has = 2 u
Fraction of the stickers given to David, Bryan and Christian
= 1 -
25 =
35 Number of remaining stickers = 3 u
Number of stickers that David has
=
12 x 3 u
=
32 u
= 1
12 u
(b)
Fraction of the remaining stickers given to Christian and Bryan
= 1 -
12=
12 Number of stickers that Christian has
=
12 x
15 x 3 u
=
310 u
(c)
Fraction of the rest of the stickers given to Bryan
= 1 -
15=
45Number of stickers that Bryan has
=
12 x
45 x 3 u
= 1
15 u
Answer(s): (a) 1
12; (b)
310; (c) 1
15