PSLE Warren kept his brown and grey beads in two boxes. The ratio of the number of brown to grey beads in the first box was 1 : 2 and it was 1 : 6 in the second box. The two boxes contained the same number of beads. What fraction of Warren's beads were brown beads?
First box |
Second box |
1x21 21 u |
1x21 21 u |
3x7 |
7x3 |
Brown |
Grey |
Brown |
Grey |
1x7 |
2x7 |
1x3 |
6x3 |
7 u |
14 u |
3 u |
18 u |
The total number of beads in the first box and the second box is the same. Make the total number of beads in each box the same. LCM of 3 and 7 is 21.
Total number of brown beads
= 7 u + 3 u
= 10 u
Total number of beads
= 21 u + 21 u
= 42 u
Fraction of Warren's beads that were brown beads
=
1042 =
521 Answer(s):
521