PSLE Lynn has a number of notebooks in three colours: blue, orange and green.
12 of the notebooks are blue. The number of blue notebooks is twice the number of orange notebooks. What fraction of the notebooks is green?
Blue |
Orange |
Green |
Total |
1x2 |
1x2 |
2x2 |
2x1 |
1x1 |
|
|
2 u |
1 u |
1 u |
4 u |
Number of blue notebooks is the repeated identity.
Make the number of blue notebooks the same.
LCM of 1 and 2 = 2
Number of green notebooks
= 4 u - 2 u - 1 u
= 1 u
Fraction of the notebooks that is green
=
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