Joe, Keith and Larry shared a box of sweets. Joe took 2
9
of the sweets while Keith took
twice as many sweets as Joe. Larry took the rest of the sweets.
a) What fraction of the sweets did Larry take?
b) How many sweets were there at first if Larry took 24 sweets less than the total
number of sweets taken by Joe and Keith?
c) Express the number of sweets Keith took as a fraction of the number of sweets
Larry took
