PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a stall.
112 of the biscuits were apricot and
14 of the biscuits were either vanilla or cherry. There were 2 times as many vanilla biscuits as cherry biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were cherry biscuits?
Number of cherry biscuits = 1 u
Number of vanilla biscuits = 2 u
Total number of vanilla biscuits and cherry biscuits
= 2 u + 1 u
= 3 u
Fraction of the cherry biscuits and vanilla biscuits that is cherry biscuits =
13 Fraction of the biscuits that were cherry biscuits
=
14 x
13 =
112
Answer(s): 112