PSLE Barbara bought some glutinous rice flour and some all purpose flour. She used an equal amount of glutinous rice flour and all purpose flour. She had
45 of the glutinous rice flour and
38 of the all purpose flour left. What fraction of the flour which Barbara used?
Glutinous rice flour |
All purpose 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 glutinous rice flour and all purpose 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