Question

Boris wants to sort his crayons and give out the

yellow ones. He has 360 crayons altogether.
of the crayons are blue.
18
60% of the crayons are red.
The rest are yellow.
Work out the number of crayon he gives out

Answer 1

126 yellow crayons

Explanation:

Finding the number of each of the crayons :

• Blue = 18
• Red = 60% of total = 60% x 360 = 0.6 x 360 = 216

Number of yellow crayons :

• Total - [Blue + Red]
• 360 - [18 + 216]
• 360 - 234
• 126 yellow crayons