You have a bag of 60 coloured marbles. 1/10 are red, 3/5 are blue, and the rest are green. How many green ones are there?

1/10 * 60=6 red marbles 3/5 * 60=36 blue marbles Therefore the amount of green marbles must be 60-(6+36)=18

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