Question 12
Mrs. Rama bought a box of paper clips. She shared the paper clips among her 4 children. Alice received 190 paper clips. Rita received 56 more paper clips than Jim. Jim received 25% of the paper clips while Tom received 20% of the paper clips. How many paper clips did Mrs. Rama buy altogether?
**Editorial note for this self-study exercise:** Assume all the paper clips are distributed among exactly these four children, with none left over.
**Editorial note for this self-study exercise:** Assume all the paper clips are distributed among exactly these four children, with none left over.