PSLE Julian kept notebooks in boxes A and B. Box A contained four times as many notebooks as box B. In box A,
15 of the notebooks were green notebooks. In box B,
14 of the notebooks were green notebooks. What fraction of Julian's notebooks were green notebooks?
Box A |
Box B |
Total |
4x4x5 |
1x4x5 |
5x4x5 |
G |
Not green |
G |
Not green |
|
1x16 |
4x16 |
1x1x5 |
3x1x5 |
|
16 u |
64 u |
5 u |
15 u |
100 u |
LCM of 5 and 16 is 80.
Number of green notebooks
= 16 u + 5 u
= 21 u
Total number of notebooks = 100 u
Fraction of Julian's notebooks that were green =
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