Tina baked cream, cheese and strawberry cupcakes. There were one-quarter as many strawberry cupcakes as cheese cupcakes and an equal number of strawberry cupcakes as cream cupcakes. The cost of each cupcake is given as shown.
1 strawberry cupcake: $1.80
1 cheese cupcake: $1.70
1 cream cupcake: $1.90
If she collected $147 from selling all the cupcakes, how many cheese cupcakes were there?
|
Strawberry |
Cheese |
Cream |
Ratio of cupcakes |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cupcakes |
$1.80 |
$1.70 |
$1.90 |
Total Value |
1.8 u |
6.8 u |
1.9 u |
Strawberry cupcakes : Cheese cupcakes : Cream cupcakes
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cupcakes
= 1.8 u + 6.8 u + 1.9 u
= 10.5 u
10.5 u = 147
1 u = 147 ÷ 10.5 = 14
Number of cheese cupcakes
= 4 u
= 4 x 14
= 56
Answer(s): 56