Question

Christian is selling pencils. He sold 3/5 of them in the morning and 1/4 of the remainder in the afternoon. If Christian sold 200 more pencils in the morning than in the afternoon, how many pencils did Christian have in the beginning?

Answer 1

400 pencils

Explanation:

So he sold 3/5 of them in the morning and 1/4 of the remainder in the evening

1/4 of 2/5 - (the remainder) is 1/10

3/5 is also equal to 6/10

In the morning he sold 6/10 of the pencils and in the evening he sold 1/10

If he sold 200 more in the morning than we do 6/10 - 1/10

And that is 5/10. So 5/10 is how much more he sold in the morning

5/10 = 200

So 10/10 = 400!