Fisher Payne

Mathematics

20 January, 01:59

A student solved this problem by working backward.

Jared has some flowers. He has 6 more red flowers than yellow flowers. He has twice as many orange flowers as red flowers. He has 4 yellow flowers. How many flowers does Jared have altogether?

Student's solution:

Jared has 4 yellow flowers.

He has 6 more red than yellow flowers (4 + 6 = 10).

He has twice as many orange flowers as red flowers (10 * 2 = 20).

So Jared has 4 + 10 + 20 = 34 flowers.

Use a similar strategy to solve this problem.

Kathleen has some balloons. She has 7 more silver balloons than gold balloons. She has 3 times as many bronze balloons as silver balloons. She has 5 gold balloons.

How many balloons does Kathleen have altogether