PSLE Yen baked a total of 42 large and small cakes in the ratio of 4 : 3. She decorated each cake with some lychees in the ratio of 7 : 2. She used a total of 312 lychees to decorate all the small cakes and 6 large cakes.
- How many small cakes did Yen bake?
- What was the number of lychees used to decorate all the small cakes?
- How many more lychees did Yen need to decorate the remaining large cakes?
(a)
Fraction of the cakes that were large ones =
44 + 3 =
47Number of large cakes
=
47 x 42
= 24
Number of small cakes
= 42 - 24
= 18
|
Large cakes |
Small cakes |
Total |
Number |
6 |
18 |
|
Value |
7 u |
2 u |
|
Total value |
42 u |
36 u |
78 u |
(b)
Number of lychees used to decorate 6 large cakes and 18 small cakes
= 42 u + 36 u
= 78 u
78 u = 312
1 u = 312 ÷ 78 = 4
Number of lychees used to decorate all the small cakes
= 36 u
= 36 x 4
= 144
(c)
Number of lychees to decorate one large cake
= 7 u
= 7 x 4
= 28
Number of remaining large cakes that were decorated yet
= 24 - 6
= 18
Number of more lychees that Yen needed to decorate the remaining large cakes
= 18 x 28
= 504
Answer(s): (a) 18; (b) 144; (c) 504