PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of muffins at a shop.
18 of the muffins were cheese and
15 of the muffins were either strawberry or cherry. There were 7 times as many strawberry muffins as cherry muffins. What fraction of the muffins were strawberry muffins?
Number of cherry muffins = 1 u
Number of strawberry muffins = 7 u
Total number of strawberry muffins and cherry muffins
= 7 u + 1 u
= 8 u
Fraction of the cherry muffins and strawberry muffins that is strawberry muffins =
78 Fraction of the muffins that were strawberry muffins
=
15 x
78 =
740
Answer(s): 740