Elementary Brain Teaser

Fun and accessible problems for younger students or beginners. Posted every Monday, these weekly brain teasers kickstart your week with a mental warm-up.

Cassidy opens a 1.69 ounce bag of M&Ms.  The bag contains blue, brown, red, yellow and green M&Ms. There are more brown than any other color.  One-ninth of the bag are blue M&Ms.  There are 10 red M&Ms in the bag.  Two-ninths of the bag are green and there are 8 yellow M&Ms.  If one third of the bag are brown, how many total M&Ms were in this bag?

 


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