PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a shop.
18 of the biscuits were apricot and
15 of the biscuits were either vanilla or cherry. There were 7 times as many vanilla biscuits as cherry biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were vanilla biscuits?
Number of cherry biscuits = 1 u
Number of vanilla biscuits = 7 u
Total number of vanilla biscuits and cherry biscuits
= 7 u + 1 u
= 8 u
Fraction of the cherry biscuits and vanilla biscuits that is vanilla biscuits =
78 Fraction of the biscuits that were vanilla biscuits
=
15 x
78 =
740
Answer(s): 740