PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a stall.
112 of the biscuits were apricot and
12 of the biscuits were either cherry or cranberry. There were 5 times as many cherry biscuits as cranberry biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were cranberry biscuits?
Number of cranberry biscuits = 1 u
Number of cherry biscuits = 5 u
Total number of cherry biscuits and cranberry biscuits
= 5 u + 1 u
= 6 u
Fraction of the cranberry biscuits and cherry biscuits that is cranberry biscuits =
16 Fraction of the biscuits that were cranberry biscuits
=
12 x
16 =
112
Answer(s): 112