In a container, there are lollipops of 3 colours, brown, pink and silver. There are 256 less silver lollipops than pink lollipops. The number of silver lollipops is ¹₅ more than the brown lollipops. Given that the number of silver lollipops is 24% of the total number of lollipops in the container, how many less brown lollipops are there than pink lollipops?

Brown lollipops	Pink lollipops	Silver lollipops
	1 u + 256	1 u
5x4		6x4
76%		24%
20%	56%	24%

1 + ¹₅ = ⁵₅ + ¹₅ = ⁶₅

Yellow lollipops : Purple lollipops = 5 : 6

The number of silver lollipops is repeated.  Make the number of silver lollipops the same.

6 x 4 = 24%

Total number of brown lollipops and pink lollipops in percent
= 100% - 24%
= 76%

Number of pink lollipops in percent
= 76% - 20%
= 56%

Number of more pink lollipops than silver lollipops in percent
= 56% - 20%
= 32%

32% = 256

1% = 256 ÷ 32 = 8

Number of less brown lollipops than pink lollipops
= 56% - 20%
= 36%
= 36 x 8
= 288

Answer(s): 288