Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions.
Some stickers are given to 4 children.
Bryan has
16 of the stickers.
Adam has
12 of the remaining stickers.
Christian has
12 of the rest of the stickers.
David has the rest.
Let the number of stickers that Bryan has be 1 u.
- Number of stickers that Adam has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Christian has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that David has = _____ u
(a)
Change fraction into units.
Number of stickers that Bryan has = 1 u
Fraction of the stickers given to Adam, David and Christian
= 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 Christian and David
= 1 -
12=
12 Number of stickers that Christian has
=
12 x
12 x 5 u
= 1
14 u
(c)
Fraction of the rest of the stickers given to David
= 1 -
12=
12Number of stickers that David has
=
12 x
12 x 5 u
= 1
14 u
Answer(s): (a) 2
12; (b) 1
14; (c) 1
14