This question types presents the a total sum being split into 3 parts.
The first part is a fraction of the total. The remaining is split into a ratio of 2 unequal parts.
Such questions will start to appear in P5 exam papers once students have been taught "Fraction of Remaining" and also "Ratio".
These uestions usually appear in Paper 2.
Calculator usage is acceptable.
Jack, Larry and Kelvin each have some gold coins inherited from their grandfather.
2/5 of all the gold coins were inherited by Jack.
The remaining gold coins were distributed to Larry and Kelvin in the ratio of 3:7 respectively.
If Kelvin inherited 60 more gold coins than Larry,
how many gold coins did the 3 boys inherited altogether?
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