Auntie Jade baked 84 more cheese puffs than blueberry puffs. After she gave
12 of the cheese puffs and 0.8 of the blueberry puffs to Elyse, she was left with 57 fewer blueberry puffs than cheese puffs. How many puffs did she bake?
| |
Cheese puffs |
Blueberry puffs |
Comparing cheese puffs
and blueberry puffs
at first |
84 more |
|
Before
|
2x5 =
10 u |
+ 84 |
5x2 =
10 u |
Change
|
- 1x5 =
- 5 u |
- 42 |
- 4x2 =
- 8 u |
After
|
1x5 =
5 u |
+ 42 |
1x2 =
2 u |
Comparing cheese puffs
and blueberry puffs
in the end |
57 more
|
|
12 x 84 = 42
84 - 42 = 42
0.8 =
810 =
45If Auntie Jade baked another 57 blueberry puffs, there would be equal number of cheese puffs and blueberry puffs in the end.
5 u + 42 = 2 u + 57
5 u - 2 u = 57 - 42
3 u = 15
1 u = 15 ÷ 3 = 5
Total puffs that Auntie Jade baked
= 10 u + 84 + 10 u
= 20 u + 84
= 20 x 5 + 84
= 100 + 84
= 184
Answer(s): 184
