Brock and his brothers bought their mom a 3 pound box of candies. Each candy was wrapped in coloured foil and weighed 2 ounces.
There were at least 3 wrappers of each colour.
There were twice as many blue wrappers as green wrappers.
The number of gold wrappers equalled the number of silver wrappers.
There was one more candy wrapped in green than in silver.
The total number of gold and silver wrappers was equal to the number of red wrappers.
How many candies were wrapped in each colour?
Remember, there are 16 ounces to a pound.
Hint
Work with the first information to find the total number of candies, and then guess and check or use algebra.
Answer
Colour Number Colour Number
Silver 3 Blue 8
Gold 3 Green 4
Red 6 Total 24
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