Jeremy had 187 pomegranates and 143 passion fruits at first. He used
411 of the pomegranates and
711 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
16 of the fruits he had left were pomegranates. How many passion fruits did he buy?
|
Pomegranates |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
Before |
187 |
143 |
|
Change 1 |
- 68 |
- 91 |
|
After 1 |
119 |
52 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
5 u |
6 u |
Number of pomegranates that Jeremy used
=
411 x 187
= 68
Number of pomegranates that Jeremy had left
= 187 - 68
= 119
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy used
=
711 x 143
= 91
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy had left
= 143 - 91
= 52
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
16=
56 Number of pomegranates left = 1 u = 119
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 5 u
= 5 x 119
= 595
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy bought
= 595 - 52
= 543
Answer(s): 543