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26 February, 14:47

Mrs. Smith has 3 times as many markers as pencils. The total number of markers and pencils is 84. How many markers does Mrs. Smith have

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  1. 26 February, 16:14
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    Mrs. Smith has 21 pencils and 63 markers. If she has 3x as many markers as pencils, the total number of writing tools has 4 parts--one part pencils and 3 parts markers. Divide the total number of tools by 4 to get the number of tools in each of the 4 parts. 84/4 equals 21. 3x 22 equals 63.
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