A bag of buttons contains 3 red, 4 orange, 7 green and 10 blue battens. How many orange buttons should be added so that makes up 1/4 of the total? (Remember, if you add more orange buttons, your total buttons will also increase.)
To solve this problem, we first need to find the total number of buttons in the bag. Then, we will determine how many orange buttons need to be added to make up 1/4 of the total.
Let's start with the given information. We have 3 red buttons, 4 orange buttons, 7 green buttons, and 10 blue buttons. To find the total number of buttons, we need to add these quantities:
Total number of buttons = 3 (red) + 4 (orange) + 7 (green) + 10 (blue) = 24 buttons
Now, we want to determine how many orange buttons should be added to make up 1/4 of the total. To find this, we need to calculate 1/4 of the total number of buttons:
1/4 * 24 buttons = 6 buttons
Since we already have 4 orange buttons, we need to add an additional 6 - 4 = 2 orange buttons to make up 1/4 of the total.
Therefore, 2 orange buttons should be added to the bag.