SOLUTION: 'Jane brought a packet of sweets.
A quarter of them were green, a third of them were red and the rest were yellow.
There were 10 yellow sweets.
What was the total number of sw
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Question 935266: 'Jane brought a packet of sweets.
A quarter of them were green, a third of them were red and the rest were yellow.
There were 10 yellow sweets.
What was the total number of sweets in the packet?'
I tried starting with different numbers like 40
This is what is did afterwards
40-10=30
30-1/3=20
20-1/4=15
and that didn't leave me with Zero.
Please help me ASAP
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'Jane brought a packet of sweets.
A quarter of them were green, a third of them were red and the rest were yellow.
There were 10 yellow sweets.
What was the total number of sweets in the packet?'
I tried starting with different numbers like 40
This is what is did afterwards
40-10=30
30-1/3=20
20-1/4=15
and that didn't leave me with Zero.
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T = Total
(1/4)T + (1/3)T + 10 = T
7T/12 + 10 = T
7T + 120 = 12T
5T = 120
T = 24
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