Use models to solve word problems easily

Using model method to solve word problem is easy and fun.

Question solved in this video:

1. Caitlin used some beads to make a bracelet and 2/5 of the remaining beads to decorate her artwork. She found that she was left with 4/9 of the beads she originally had. Given that the total number of beads she had used for her bracelet and the number of beads she had left with was 209, how many beads did Caitlin have at first?

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