Simon had 176 mangoes and 126 passion fruits at first. He used
311 of the mangoes and
37 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
18 of the fruits he had left were mangoes. How many passion fruits did he buy?
|
Mangoes |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
Before |
176 |
126 |
|
Change 1 |
- 48 |
- 54 |
|
After 1 |
128 |
72 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
7 u |
8 u |
Number of mangoes that Simon used
=
311 x 176
= 48
Number of mangoes that Simon had left
= 176 - 48
= 128
Number of passion fruits that Simon used
=
37 x 126
= 54
Number of passion fruits that Simon had left
= 126 - 54
= 72
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
18=
78 Number of mangoes left = 1 u = 128
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 7 u
= 7 x 128
= 896
Number of passion fruits that Simon bought
= 896 - 72
= 824
Answer(s): 824