PSLE Vanessa bought some plain flour and some all purpose flour. She used an equal amount of plain flour and all purpose flour. She had
34 of the plain flour and
25 of the all purpose flour left. What fraction of the flour which Vanessa used?
Plain flour |
All purpose flour |
Total |
4x3 |
5 |
|
Used |
Left |
Used |
Left |
|
1x3 |
3x3 |
3 |
2 |
|
3 u |
9 u |
3 u |
2 u |
17 u |
The quantity of plain flour and all purpose flour used is the same. Make these 2 quantities the same. LCM of 1 and 3 is 3.
Fraction of the flour bought that was used
=
3 + 312 + 5 =
617Answer(s):
617