PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of cookies at a stall.
14 of the cookies were chocolate chip and
13 of the cookies were either cheese or cherry. There were 3 times as many cheese cookies as cherry cookies. What fraction of the cookies were cheese cookies?
Number of cherry cookies = 1 u
Number of cheese cookies = 3 u
Total number of cheese cookies and cherry cookies
= 3 u + 1 u
= 4 u
Fraction of the cherry cookies and cheese cookies that is cheese cookies =
34 Fraction of the cookies that were cheese cookies
=
13 x
34 =
14
Answer(s): 14