Homework Help: math

Posted by dell on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 2:13pm.

Bari has 180 Mardi Gras beads. 2/3 of the beads are green. 40% of the remaning beads are gold and the rest are purple. What fraction of the beads are gold? how many purple beads does she have?

math - Ms. Sue, Friday, August 24, 2012 at 2:41pm
(2/3) * 180 = 360/3 = 120 green

0.4 * 120 = 48 gold

180 - 168 = 12 purple

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