PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a stall.
13 of the biscuits were vanilla and
12 of the biscuits were either cranberry or apricot. There were 2 times as many cranberry biscuits as apricot biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were cranberry biscuits?
Number of apricot biscuits = 1 u
Number of cranberry biscuits = 2 u
Total number of cranberry biscuits and apricot biscuits
= 2 u + 1 u
= 3 u
Fraction of the apricot biscuits and cranberry biscuits that is cranberry biscuits =
23 Fraction of the biscuits that were cranberry biscuits
=
12 x
23 =
13
Answer(s): 13