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In a bag, there are red, yellow and blue marbles. There were twice as many red marbles as yellow marbles and twice as many yellow marbles as blue marbles at first. After removing 15 blue marbles and some yellow marbles from the bag, the number of red marbles became thrice that of the yellow marbles but the number of yellow marbles was still twice that of the blue marbles. What was the total number of marbles in the bag at first?[/size]

[KSP]

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In a bag, there are red, yellow and blue marbles. There were twice as many red marbles as yellow marbles and twice as many yellow marbles as blue marbles at first. After removing 15 blue marbles and some yellow marbles from the bag, the number of red marbles became thrice that of the yellow marbles but the number of yellow marbles was still twice that of the blue marbles. What was the total number of marbles in the bag at first?

[KSP]

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In a bag, there are red, yellow and blue marbles. There were twice as many red marbles as yellow marbles and twice as many yellow marbles as blue marbles at first. After removing 15 blue marbles and some yellow marbles from the bag, the number of red marbles became thrice that of the yellow marbles but the number of yellow marbles was still twice that of the blue marbles. What was the total number of marbles in the bag at first?[/size]

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[ttyh]

I’m sorry, I didn’t meant to be funny. But my 8yrs old ds answered (1) but got it wrong…

Pls…teach me!!

The difference between 516 and ? is 381.
What is the missing number in the box above?
(1) 135
(2) 137
(3) 877
(4) 897

[CoffeeCat]

ttyh:

I'm sorry, I didn't meant to be funny. But my 8yrs old ds answered (1) but got it wrong...

Pls....teach me!!

The difference between 516 and ? is 381.
What is the missing number in the box above?
(1) 135
(2) 137
(3) 877
(4) 897

There are 2 possible answers
either 516 + 381 = 897
or 516 - 381 = 135
conclusion, your ds is not wrong, the question is \"wrong\" because it is ambiguous.

[ttyh]

Thanks. Now I will march into my DS teacher’s office…

[CoffeeCat]

ttyh:

Thanks. Now I will march into my DS teacher's office...

lol are you for real? if so keep us posted, I wonder what the teacher's reaction will be.

[firebird]

Dear mathsguru


Good morning.

Please help me on the following question:

1) There were 850 marbles in box A and 70 marbles in Box B. When an equal number of marbles were added into each box, the ratio of the number of marbles in A to that in B is 5:1.
How many marbles were added into both boxes?

I tried this quesion for an hour or so, I give up.

Many thanks
firebird

[Dharma]

firebird:

Dear mathsguru


Good morning.

Please help me on the following question:

1) There were 850 marbles in box A and 70 marbles in Box B. When an equal number of marbles were added into each box, the ratio of the number of marbles in A to that in B is 5:1.
How many marbles were added into both boxes?

I tried this quesion for an hour or so, I give up.

Many thanks
firebird

Box A : 850 + 1u =5p
Box B : 70 + 1u = 1p

5p - 850 = 1p - 70
4p = 850 - 70 = 780
1p = 195
No. of marbles added , 1u = 195 - 70 = 125