PSLE The pie chart shows the different types of biscuits at a stall.
14 of the biscuits were chocolate chip and
13 of the biscuits were either cherry or vanilla. There were 3 times as many cherry biscuits as vanilla biscuits. What fraction of the biscuits were vanilla biscuits?
Number of vanilla biscuits = 1 u
Number of cherry biscuits = 3 u
Total number of cherry biscuits and vanilla biscuits
= 3 u + 1 u
= 4 u
Fraction of the vanilla biscuits and cherry biscuits that is vanilla biscuits =
14 Fraction of the biscuits that were vanilla biscuits
=
13 x
14 =
112
Answer(s): 112