PSLE Winnie has a number of staplers in three colours: green, brown and yellow.
12 of the staplers are green. The number of green staplers is four times the number of brown staplers. What fraction of the staplers is yellow?
Green |
Brown |
Yellow |
Total |
1x4 |
1x4 |
2x4 |
4x1 |
1x1 |
|
|
4 u |
1 u |
3 u |
8 u |
Number of green staplers is the repeated identity.
Make the number of green staplers the same.
LCM of 1 and 4 = 4
Number of yellow staplers
= 8 u - 4 u - 1 u
= 3 u
Fraction of the staplers that is yellow
=
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