Question

An amount of R6000 is made up of R100 and R50 notes. There are 4 times as many R50 notes as there are R100 notes. how many notes are there?

Answer 1

There are 20 R100 notes and 80 R50 notes.

Explanation:

Let's call the number of R100 notes "x" and the number of R50 notes "4x" (since there are 4 times as many R50 notes as R100 notes).

We can set up an equation to represent the total value of the notes:

100x + 50(4x) = 6000

Simplifying:

100x + 200x = 6000

300x = 6000

x = 20

So there are 20 R100 notes and 4 times as many R50 notes:

4x = 4(20) = 80

Therefore, there are 20 R100 notes and 80 R50 notes.