P6 / Nan Hua / 2021 / SA2 / Paper 2 – Q09 [5 marks]

Question:

Beatrice had 936 green beads and some yellow beads at first. She used the same number green and yellow beads to make a bracelet. The ratio of the number of green beads left to the number of yellow beads left was 3 : 5.

(a) Each of the statement below is either true, false or not possible to tell from the information given in the question above. For each statement, put a tick (✓) to indicate your answer.

(b) If 60% of the beads were used, how many beads were there at first?

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