PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of cookies at a kiosk.
15 of the cookies were cranberry and
12 of the cookies were either apricot or cherry. There were 4 times as many apricot cookies as cherry cookies. What fraction of the cookies were apricot cookies?
Number of cherry cookies = 1 u
Number of apricot cookies = 4 u
Total number of apricot cookies and cherry cookies
= 4 u + 1 u
= 5 u
Fraction of the cherry cookies and apricot cookies that is apricot cookies =
45 Fraction of the cookies that were apricot cookies
=
12 x
45 =
25
Answer(s): 25