Jerico:

HI, Can someone please help to solve the following question ;


There were 3/5 as many adults as children on a bus. At the next stop, 6 adults and 4 children boarded the bus. As a result, there were 3/4 as many adults as children on the bus. How many people were on the bus then ?

THANKS !

HI, Can someone please help to solve the following question ;


There were 3/5 as many adults as children on a bus. At the next stop, 6 adults and 4 children boarded the bus. As a result, there were 3/4 as many adults as children on the bus. How many people were on the bus then ?

THANKS !

Dear Suz855,


Tks for your solution but can you please advise the following :

2nd if
R[1u ][35][28][28][35]
P[1u ]<–2u --------->


How do you get 2u = 35 + 28 + 28 + 35 ? Sorry but I do not really understand this portion.


Tks & regards,

Can someone please help to solve the following question by model drawing method :-


Q : Reena and Pauline had a sum of money each. If Reena gave Pauline $28, they would have the same amount of money. If Pauline gave Reena $35, she would have 1/3 of what Reena had. How much did Reena have ?

Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.

Can someone please help to solve the following problem using Model drawing :


The number of marbles Aaron has is 8 more than 4 times that of Bala's. The number of marbles that Najib has is 5 more than 1/8 of Aaron's. Najib has 9 fewer marbles than Bala. How many marbles do they have altogether ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

ttlkbs:

Jerico:

Q : Shermin and Mandy collected 440 stamps altogether. 1/4 of Shermin's stamps was 20 more than 1/5 of Mandy's stamps. How many stamps did Shermin collect ?


Tks !

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Hi TTLKBS,

Thanks for the solution, but can you please advise how you get the 9u + 80 ? Sorry but I still cannot understand how you get the \"80\". Tks.

Q : Shermin and Mandy collected 440 stamps altogether. 1/4 of Shermin’s stamps was 20 more than 1/5 of Mandy’s stamps. How many stamps did Shermin collect ?


Tks !

Can someone please help me with the following question :


Q : Mr Richard bought sweets for 3 of his classes. He divided the sweets equally among 96 children. 12 of them gave all their sweets to the rest of the children. As a result, the rest of the children received 9 more sweets each. How many sweets did Mr Richard buy ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

Would appreciate help for the following question as well :-


Daniel and Garett were playing marbles. In the 1st round, Daniel lost 1/3 of his marbles to Garett. In the 2nd round, Garett lost 1/4 of the marbles he had then to Daniel. In the last round, Daniel lost 1/5 of the marbles he had then to Garett. In the end, Daniel had 760 marbles and Garett had 1324 marbles. How many marbles did Daniel have at first ?

Can someone please help me to solve the following problem :-


3/8 of Amy’s money is equal to 1/4 of Margaret’s money. After each of them spent $40, Margaret had $64 more than Amy. How much does Margaret have left after spending the money ?

Thank you in advance for your kind assistance !