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 34%, there are now 118 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 42%, there are now 407 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 46%, there are now 142 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 54%, there are now 196 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 53%, there are now 312 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 28%, there are now 368 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 34%, there are now 295 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 21%, there are now 320 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 48%, there are now 365 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 19%, there are now 140 fewer red marbles than blue marbles. Find the number of blue marbles I had at first.

Answer:_______________

Answer: 200

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 34% increase	→100% + 34%
		= 134%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→134% - 75%
		= 59%
Step 5:	59%	→118
	1%	→ $\frac{118}{59%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{118}{59%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 200

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 42% increase	→100% + 42%
		= 142%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→142% - 105%
		= 37%
Step 5:	37%	→407
	1%	→ $\frac{407}{37%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{407}{37%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1100

Answer: 200

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 46% increase	→100% + 46%
		= 146%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→146% - 75%
		= 71%
Step 5:	71%	→142
	1%	→ $\frac{142}{71%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{142}{71%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 200

Answer: 400

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 54% increase	→100% + 54%
		= 154%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→154% - 105%
		= 49%
Step 5:	49%	→196
	1%	→ $\frac{196}{49%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{196}{49%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 400

Answer: 400

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 53% increase	→100% + 53%
		= 153%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→153% - 75%
		= 78%
Step 5:	78%	→312
	1%	→ $\frac{312}{78%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{312}{78%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 400

Answer: 1600

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 28% increase	→100% + 28%
		= 128%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→128% - 105%
		= 23%
Step 5:	23%	→368
	1%	→ $\frac{368}{23%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{368}{23%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1600

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 34% increase	→100% + 34%
		= 134%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→134% - 75%
		= 59%
Step 5:	59%	→295
	1%	→ $\frac{295}{59%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{295}{59%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 500

Answer: 2000

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 21% increase	→100% + 21%
		= 121%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→121% - 105%
		= 16%
Step 5:	16%	→320
	1%	→ $\frac{320}{16%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{320}{16%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 2000

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 48% increase	→100% + 48%
		= 148%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→148% - 75%
		= 73%
Step 5:	73%	→365
	1%	→ $\frac{365}{73%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{365}{73%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 500

10)

Answer: 1000

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 19% increase	→100% + 19%
		= 119%
Step 4:	Difference in % of marbles	→119% - 105%
		= 14%
Step 5:	14%	→140
	1%	→ $\frac{140}{14%}$
	Number of blue marbles at the start 100%	→ $\frac{140}{14%}$ x $\frac{100%}{1}$
		= 1000