Nicole and Kylie used the same number of strawberries to bake cakes. Nicole used ⁴₇ of her strawberries and Kylie used ³₈ of her strawberries. They had a total of 265 strawberries at first.

1. How many strawberries did each girl use?
2. How many strawberries did both girls have left altogether?

	Nicole	Kylie	Total
Before	7x3 = 21 u	8x4 = 32 u	53 u
Change	- 4x3 = - 12 u	- 3x4 = - 12 u
After	3x3 = 9 u	5x4 = 20 u	29 u

(a)
Nicole and Kylie used the same number of strawberries to bake cakes.  Make the numerators the same. LCM of 4 and 3 is 12. 
4x37x3 of Mary's strawberries = 3x48x4 of Kylie's strawberries 
1221 of Mary's strawberries = 1232 of Kylie's strawberries 

Total number of strawberries at first
= 21 u + 32 u
= 53 u

53 u = 265

1 u = 265 ÷ 53 = 5

Number of strawberries that each girl used
= 12 u
= 12 x 5
= 60 

(b)
Total number of strawberries that both girls had left 
= 9 u + 20 u
= 29 u
= 29 x 5
= 145

Answer(s): (a) 60; (b) 145