Sasi Math (Revised for 1024)

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Written Instructions:

For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.

There are 25% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 40% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 35%, there are now 420 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 50% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 30% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 25%, there are now 380 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 25% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 40% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 52%, there are now 385 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 50% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 30% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 31%, there are now 182 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 25% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 40% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 25%, there are now 250 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 50% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 30% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 37%, there are now 352 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 25% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 40% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 15%, there are now 360 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 50% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 30% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 38%, there are now 363 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

There are 25% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 40% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 33%, there are now 464 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

10)

There are 50% more red marbles than blue marbles in a bag. After I removed 30% of the red marbles and increased the number of blue marbles by another 36%, there are now 186 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

Answer: 700

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→125%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{40}{100}$ x 125%
		= 50%
	% of red marbles left	→125% - 50%
		= 75%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 35% increase	→100% + 35%
		= 135%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→135% - 75%
		= 60%
Step 5:	60%	→420
	1%	→ $\frac{420}{60%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{420}{60%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 700

Answer: 1900

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→150%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{30}{100}$ x 150%
		= 45%
	% of red marbles left	→150% - 45%
		= 105%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 25% increase	→100% + 25%
		= 125%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→125% - 105%
		= 20%
Step 5:	20%	→380
	1%	→ $\frac{380}{20%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{380}{20%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1900

Answer: 500

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→125%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{40}{100}$ x 125%
		= 50%
	% of red marbles left	→125% - 50%
		= 75%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 52% increase	→100% + 52%
		= 152%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→152% - 75%
		= 77%
Step 5:	77%	→385
	1%	→ $\frac{385}{77%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{385}{77%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 500

Answer: 700

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→150%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{30}{100}$ x 150%
		= 45%
	% of red marbles left	→150% - 45%
		= 105%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 31% increase	→100% + 31%
		= 131%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→131% - 105%
		= 26%
Step 5:	26%	→182
	1%	→ $\frac{182}{26%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{182}{26%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 700

Answer: 500

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→125%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{40}{100}$ x 125%
		= 50%
	% of red marbles left	→125% - 50%
		= 75%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 25% increase	→100% + 25%
		= 125%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→125% - 75%
		= 50%
Step 5:	50%	→250
	1%	→ $\frac{250}{50%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{250}{50%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 500

Answer: 1100

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→150%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{30}{100}$ x 150%
		= 45%
	% of red marbles left	→150% - 45%
		= 105%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 37% increase	→100% + 37%
		= 137%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→137% - 105%
		= 32%
Step 5:	32%	→352
	1%	→ $\frac{352}{32%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{352}{32%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1100

Answer: 900

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→125%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{40}{100}$ x 125%
		= 50%
	% of red marbles left	→125% - 50%
		= 75%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 15% increase	→100% + 15%
		= 115%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→115% - 75%
		= 40%
Step 5:	40%	→360
	1%	→ $\frac{360}{40%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{360}{40%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 900

Answer: 1100

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→150%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{30}{100}$ x 150%
		= 45%
	% of red marbles left	→150% - 45%
		= 105%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 38% increase	→100% + 38%
		= 138%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→138% - 105%
		= 33%
Step 5:	33%	→363
	1%	→ $\frac{363}{33%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{363}{33%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1100

Answer: 800

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→125%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{40}{100}$ x 125%
		= 50%
	% of red marbles left	→125% - 50%
		= 75%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 33% increase	→100% + 33%
		= 133%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→133% - 75%
		= 58%
Step 5:	58%	→464
	1%	→ $\frac{464}{58%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{464}{58%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 800

10)

Answer: 600

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1:	Blue marbles	→100%	(at first)
	Red marbles	→150%	(at first)
Step 2:	% of red marbles removed	→ $\frac{30}{100}$ x 150%
		= 45%
	% of red marbles left	→150% - 45%
		= 105%
Step 3:	% of blue marbles after the 36% increase	→100% + 36%
		= 136%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→136% - 105%
		= 31%
Step 5:	31%	→186
	1%	→ $\frac{186}{31%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{186}{31%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 600