PSLE Brandon kept notebooks in boxes J and K. Box J contained four times as many notebooks as box K. In box J,
13 of the notebooks were orange notebooks. In box K,
12 of the notebooks were orange notebooks. What fraction of Brandon's notebooks were orange notebooks?
Box J |
Box K |
Total |
4x2x3 |
1x2x3 |
5x2x3 |
O |
Not orange |
O |
Not orange |
|
1x8 |
2x8 |
1x1x3 |
1x1x3 |
|
8 u |
16 u |
3 u |
3 u |
30 u |
LCM of 3 and 8 is 24.
Number of orange notebooks
= 8 u + 3 u
= 11 u
Total number of notebooks = 30 u
Fraction of Brandon's notebooks that were orange =
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