PSLE Jade has a number of staplers in three colours: purple, blue and yellow.
511 of the staplers are purple. The number of purple staplers is four times the number of blue staplers. What fraction of the staplers is yellow?
Purple |
Blue |
Yellow |
Total |
5x4 |
6x4 |
11x4 |
4x5 |
1x5 |
|
|
20 u |
5 u |
19 u |
44 u |
Number of purple staplers is the repeated identity.
Make the number of purple staplers the same.
LCM of 5 and 4 = 20
Number of yellow staplers
= 44 u - 20 u - 5 u
= 19 u
Fraction of the staplers that is yellow
=
1944 Answer(s):
1944