PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a shop.
15 of the biscuits were banana and
14 of the biscuits were either cherry or vanilla. There were 4 times as many cherry biscuits as vanilla biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were cherry biscuits?
Number of vanilla biscuits = 1 u
Number of cherry biscuits = 4 u
Total number of cherry biscuits and vanilla biscuits
= 4 u + 1 u
= 5 u
Fraction of the vanilla biscuits and cherry biscuits that is cherry biscuits =
45 Fraction of the biscuits that were cherry biscuits
=
14 x
45 =
15
Answer(s): 15