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Shells picked up on a beach walk
The question
The table shows how many shells 4 children picked up on a beach walk.
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(a) How many shells did the children pick up in all?
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(b) In the simplest form, find the ratio of the number of shells Ploy picked up to the number Emma picked up to the number Jun picked up.
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(c) In the simplest form, find the ratio of the number of shells Rahul picked up to the number Jun picked up to the total number of shells.
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Answer
- (a)40 shells
- (b)3 : 7 : 6
- (c)2 : 3 : 10
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