PSLE Fabian kept his purple and pink cards in two boxes. The ratio of the number of purple to pink cards in the first box was 2 : 3 and it was 2 : 5 in the second box. The two boxes contained the same number of cards. What fraction of Fabian's cards were pink cards?
First box |
Second box |
1x35 35 u |
1x35 35 u |
5x7 |
7x5 |
Purple |
Pink |
Purple |
Pink |
2x7 |
3x7 |
2x5 |
5x5 |
14 u |
21 u |
10 u |
25 u |
The total number of cards in the first box and the second box is the same. Make the total number of cards in each box the same.
LCM of 5 and 7 is 35.
Total number of pink cards
= 21 u + 25 u
= 46 u
Total number of cards
= 35 u + 35 u
= 70 u
Fraction of Fabian's cards that were pink cards
=
4670 =
2335 Answer(s):
2335