Sharing in a three-part ratio

Difficulty Stretch · Set 9o9owx

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420 counters are shared in the ratio 3 : 3 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
2
210 counters are shared in the ratio 3 : 1 : 1. How many does the largest share get?
3
77 counters are shared in the ratio 2 : 1 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
4
324 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 1 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
5
132 counters are shared in the ratio 4 : 1 : 1. How many does the largest share get?
6
112 counters are shared in the ratio 3 : 3 : 2. How many does the largest share get?
7
40 counters are shared in the ratio 3 : 4 : 3. How many does the largest share get?
8
36 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 1 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
9
344 counters are shared in the ratio 2 : 3 : 3. How many does the largest share get?
10
472 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 4 : 3. How many does the largest share get?
11
65 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 1 : 3. How many does the largest share get?
12
217 counters are shared in the ratio 4 : 2 : 1. How many does the largest share get?
13
378 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 4 : 2. How many does the largest share get?
14
308 counters are shared in the ratio 3 : 4 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
15
70 counters are shared in the ratio 4 : 4 : 2. How many does the largest share get?
16
200 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 3 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
17
343 counters are shared in the ratio 2 : 1 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
18
600 counters are shared in the ratio 4 : 4 : 2. How many does the largest share get?
19
90 counters are shared in the ratio 1 : 1 : 4. How many does the largest share get?
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570 counters are shared in the ratio 4 : 3 : 3. How many does the largest share get?

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 638.
Every problem in it will split into three shares.
A careful solution takes 3 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: that is one part.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 236 different ones, 98% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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