PSLE Gem has a number of markers in three colours: green, blue and orange.
16 of the markers are green. The number of green markers is four times the number of blue markers. What fraction of the markers is orange?
Green |
Blue |
Orange |
Total |
1x4 |
5x4 |
6x4 |
4x1 |
1x1 |
|
|
4 u |
1 u |
19 u |
24 u |
Number of green markers is the repeated identity.
Make the number of green markers the same.
LCM of 1 and 4 = 4
Number of orange markers
= 24 u - 4 u - 1 u
= 19 u
Fraction of the markers that is orange
=
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