Question 1188926
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Aliff spends 3/5 of his money on 2 pencils and 2 staplers. He can buy another
4 pencils with the remaining money. If he spends all his money on staplers
only, how many staplers can he buy?
(1) 5
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 20
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            Use reasoning to solve this problem.



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From the problem, Aliff can buy 4 pencils with the remaining 2/5 of his money.


Hence, Aliff can buy 2 pencils for 1/5 of his money.


From the other part of the problem, it means that he can buy 2 staplers for {{{3/5}}} - {{{1/5}}} = {{{2/5}}} of his money.

It implies that he can buy 1 stapler for 1/5 of his money.


THEREFORE, Aliff can buy 5 staplers for his money.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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Solved mentally.