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Q17: Question – Paper 2 – June 2019
Q17: Question – Paper 2 – June 2019
Question
17)
There are some small cubes and some large cubes in a bag.
The cubes are red or the cubes are yellow.
The ratio of the number of small cubes to the number of large cubes is 4 : 7
The ratio of the number of red cubes to the number of yellow cubes is 3 : 5
a) Explain why the least possible number of cubes in the bag is 88
There are some small cubes and some large cubes in a bag.
The cubes are red or the cubes are yellow.
The ratio of the number of small cubes to the number of large cubes is 4 : 7
The ratio of the number of red cubes to the number of yellow cubes is 3 : 5
a) Explain why the least possible number of cubes in the bag is 88
[1 mark]
All the small cubes are yellow.
b) Work out the least possible number of large yellow cubes in the bag.
[3 marks]