Sam had 150 apples and 200 passion fruits at first. He used
56 of the apples and
710 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
15 of the fruits he had left were apples. How many passion fruits did he buy?
| |
Apples |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
| Before |
150 |
200 |
|
| Change 1 |
- 125 |
- 140 |
|
| After 1 |
25 |
60 |
|
| Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
| After 2 |
1 u |
4 u |
5 u |
Number of apples that Sam used
=
56 x 150
= 125
Number of apples that Sam had left
= 150 - 125
= 25
Number of passion fruits that Sam used
=
710 x 200
= 140
Number of passion fruits that Sam had left
= 200 - 140
= 60
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
15=
45 Number of apples left = 1 u = 25
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 4 u
= 4 x 25
= 100
Number of passion fruits that Sam bought
= 100 - 60
= 40
Answer(s): 40
