Question

A jar of marbles contains 120 marbles a large jar of marble contains 120 a larger jar of marbles contains 1 5/6 times as many.How many marbles are in the larger jar

Answer 1

220

Explanation:

120 x 2 = 240

1/6 - 240 = 220

Answer 2

The larger jar contains 220 marbles

Explanation:

Here, we are told a larger jar contains 1 5/6 of the content of a regular

The regular content is 120 marbles

So the number of marble we have will be

1 5/6 * 120

= 11/6 * 120

= 11 * 20 = 220 marbles