In a shop, apples are packed in bags of 8, oranges in bags of 5 and pears in of 3. Joyce, Karen and Lily bought an equal number of bags of fruits. Joyce Karen bought both apples and pears. Lily bought only oranges. Ca) Joyce bought 2 more bags of pears than apples while Karen bought 2 m bags of apples than pears.
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![In a shop, apples are packed in bags of 8, oranges in bags of 5 and pears in bags
of 3. Joyce, Karen and Lily bought an equal number of bags of fruits. Joyce and
Karen bought both apples and pears. Lily bought only oranges.
(a)
Joyce bought 2 more bags of pears than apples while Karen bought 2 more
bags of apples than pears.
Who bought more fruit? How many more?
Lily bought 2 more fruit than Joyce. How many bags of fruit did the 3 girls
buy altogether?
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