Stage: 4 Challenge Level: 
In this problem you are only given enough information to find the
values of rubies, saphires and diamonds relative to the price of a
pearl.
Try writing down what each jeweller has after he has made his gift. These four collections all have equal value. Use that to find other statements you can make about a number of one kind of gem matching for value a number of another kind of gem.
Try writing down what each jeweller has after he has made his gift. These four collections all have equal value. Use that to find other statements you can make about a number of one kind of gem matching for value a number of another kind of gem.
Patterned numbers. Stage 5 - Reviewed 2012. chemistry. Calculating with ratio & proportion. Number theory. Manipulating algebraic expressions/formulae. Inequality/inequalities. Dynamical systems. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Simultaneous equations.
Published October 2000.
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