Mrs John baked
12 as many vanilla macarons as cheese macarons. She also baked
25 as many vanilla macarons as strawberry macarons. If she baked a total of 55 macarons, how many vanilla macarons did she bake?
| Vanilla |
Cheese |
Strawberry |
| 1x2 |
2x2 |
|
| 2x1 |
|
5x1 |
| 2 u |
4 u |
5 u |
The number of vanilla macarons is the repeated identity. Make the number of vanilla macarons the same. LCM of 1 and 2 is 2.
Total number of macarons
= 2 u + 4 u + 5 u
= 11 u
11 u = 55
1 u = 55 ÷ 11 = 5
Number of vanilla macarons
= 2 u
= 2 x 5
= 10
Answer(s): 10
