Jen baked cheese, pandan and blueberry cupcakes. There were one-quarter as many blueberry cupcakes as pandan cupcakes and an equal number of blueberry cupcakes as cheese cupcakes. The cost of each cupcake is given as shown.
1 blueberry cupcake: $1.70
1 pandan cupcake: $1.40
1 cheese cupcake: $1.90
If she collected $230 from selling all the cupcakes, how many pandan cupcakes were there?
|
Blueberry |
Pandan |
Cheese |
Ratio of cupcakes |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cupcakes |
$1.70 |
$1.40 |
$1.90 |
Total Value |
1.7 u |
5.6 u |
1.9 u |
Blueberry cupcakes : Pandan cupcakes : Cheese cupcakes
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cupcakes
= 1.7 u + 5.6 u + 1.9 u
= 9.2 u
9.2 u = 230
1 u = 230 ÷ 9.2 = 25
Number of pandan cupcakes
= 4 u
= 4 x 25
= 100
Answer(s): 100