A Bag Of Marbles Math
Let x be the number of marbles in the first bag.
A bag of marbles math. A bag of marbles. Nrich is part of the family of activities in the millennium mathematics project. The fraction of red marbles in the bag is therefore frac 4x 7x frac 4 7. We also know that x is increased by 40 or x 0 40x.
Suppose that in a bag of marbles all the ones that. Jing had 4 marbles left for herself. Suppose 100 marbles are added to the first bag. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles three green ones two white ones and two purple ones.
Also x 3 marbles have a scratch on them. Now there are x 100 marbles in the first bag. She grabs five of them. Solution for whenever suzan sees a bag of marbles she grabs a handful at random.
So there are 3 x blue marbles and 4 x red marbles in the bag. The probability of drawing a red marble from the original bag is equal to that. She has seen a bag containing two red marbles two green ones four white. X 100 x 0 40x.
This means that there are 3 x 4 x 7 x marbles total 4 x of which are red. To find the fraction of red marbles in the bag we work with the ratio 3 x 4 x where x is some whole number. She has at most one green one. Age 5 to 7 challenge level.
Then she gave 2 of her marbles to her brother. There are 200 marbles in the second bag. Jing opened the bag and she gave half of the marbles to ella. What colours must be on marbles that sparkle when rolling but are dark inside.
Jing and ella bought a bag of marbles to share. A bag of marbles can be divided in equal shares among 2 3 4 5 or 6 friends. You have a bag which contains only red and green marbles. A bag contains 7 red marbles 6 white marbles and 10 blue marbles.
2 whenever suzan sees a bag of marbles she grabs a handful at random. What is the least number of marbles that the bag could contain.