PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of cookies at a kiosk.
16 of the cookies were blueberry and
15 of the cookies were either cranberry or cheese. There were 5 times as many cranberry cookies as cheese cookies. What fraction of the cookies were cranberry cookies?
Number of cheese cookies = 1 u
Number of cranberry cookies = 5 u
Total number of cranberry cookies and cheese cookies
= 5 u + 1 u
= 6 u
Fraction of the cheese cookies and cranberry cookies that is cranberry cookies =
56 Fraction of the cookies that were cranberry cookies
=
15 x
56 =
16
Answer(s): 16