PSLE Hilda bought some plain flour and some cake flour. She used an equal amount of plain flour and cake flour. She had
34 of the plain flour and
37 of the cake flour left. What fraction of the flour which Hilda used?
Plain flour |
Cake flour |
Total |
4x4 |
7 |
|
Used |
Left |
Used |
Left |
|
1x4 |
3x4 |
4 |
3 |
|
4 u |
12 u |
4 u |
3 u |
23 u |
The quantity of plain flour and cake flour used is the same. Make these 2 quantities the same. LCM of 1 and 4 is 4.
Fraction of the flour bought that was used
=
4 + 416 + 7 =
823Answer(s):
823