PSLE Gwen bought some wheat flour and some mix grain flour. She used an equal amount of wheat flour and mix grain flour. She had
45 of the wheat flour and
38 of the mix grain flour left. What fraction of the flour which Gwen used?
Wheat flour |
Mix grain flour |
Total |
5x5 |
8 |
|
Used |
Left |
Used |
Left |
|
1x5 |
4x5 |
5 |
3 |
|
5 u |
20 u |
5 u |
3 u |
33 u |
The quantity of wheat flour and mix grain flour used is the same. Make these 2 quantities the same. LCM of 1 and 5 is 5.
Fraction of the flour bought that was used
=
5 + 525 + 8 =
1033Answer(s):
1033